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Xavier University Makes History as First HBCU to Launch Co-Ed Varsity Rowing Program

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Kevin Hart Announces Release of ‘Lil Kev,’ the First Original Animated Series on BET+

Xavier University Makes History as First HBCU to Launch Co-Ed Varsity Rowing Program

Joseph Deng Makes History as First Player From South Sudan to Sign a Professional MLB Contract

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Marcus Freeman Makes History as First Black Coach to Reach College Football Finals

Jewel Rodgers Makes History as First African American Poet Laureate in Nebraska

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Jewel Rodgers Makes History as First African American Poet Laureate in Nebraska

Dr. Melissa Gilliam Makes History as the First Black President of Boston University

First Black-Owned Detroit Grocery Store in Almost a Decade Opens in Historic Business District

Brandy James and Darlene Hammond Make History as First Black Council Members Ever in Maryland Town

Meet Toni Harris, the First Woman to Receive a 4-Year College Football Scholarship

Laphonza Butler Makes History as Third Black Woman Ever to Serve in U.S. Senate

Dr. Robert Kirk, the University of Tennessee’s First Black Professor, Has Joined the Ancestors

Simone Biles Becomes First Woman to Land Yurchenko Double Pike Vault at World Championships

All-Woman Football Officiating Crew Makes Sports History in Michigan

Dr. D’Wayne Edwards Releases First Shoe From U.S. Black-Owned Footwear Factory

Dr. Lynn O’Connor Makes History as NYPD’s First Black Woman Police Surgeon

Chioma Nnadi Makes History as First Black Woman to Head British Vogue

Houston Entrepreneur Creates World’s First Built-In Retainer for Mouth Grillz

TC Bakery Makes History As First Black Woman-Owned Bakery At Tallahassee Airport

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