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Activist Ronald Moten Opens First Go-Go Museum & Café in D.C.

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Activist Ronald Moten Opens First Go-Go Museum & Café in D.C.

Kaleena Smith Makes History as First High School Women’s Basketball Player to Sign NIL Deal With Adidas

Kaleena Smith Makes History as First High School Women’s Basketball Player to Sign NIL Deal With Adidas

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Whoopi Goldberg Announces Launch of First Global Women’s Sports Channel

Meet Ardean Miller, Founder of the First Black-Owned Gift-Wrapping Brand Sold at Lowe’s

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Mayor Brandon Scott Makes History as the First Mayor to Be Reelected in Baltimore in Two Decades

Ashley T. Johnson Makes History as First Black Woman to Lead St. Louis FBI Field Office

Missy Elliott & Queen Latifah Make History as First Rappers to Receive National Medal of Arts

Dwyane Wade Becomes First NBA Player in Miami Heat History to Have a Statue Outside the Arena

Civil War Era Politician Robert Smalls Becomes First African American to Receive Monument in South Carolina

Keke Palmer Named First Ever Chief Brand Officer for ‘Creme of Nature’

Tuskegee University Launches First HBCU Aviation Program in Alabama to Train Black Pilots

LeBron James & Son Bronny Officially Make History as First Father-Son Duo to Play as NBA Teammates

Meet the First Mother-Daughter Duo to Be Certified Sports Agents by NFLPA

Christopher Johnson Makes History as First Black & Deaf Assistant Dean at University of Cincinnati

Amy Sherald to Make History as First Contemporary Black Artist to Have Solo Exhibition at National Portrait Gallery

Actor Lamorne Morris Wins Very First Emmy for Role in FX’s ‘Fargo’

Pediatrician Creates First Ever Black-Owned Virtual Autism Clinic for Kids in the U.S.

Morehouse Alum James Jeter Makes History as First Black Creative Director of Ralph Lauren

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