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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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Clark Atlanta Student Jayden Williams Becomes Youngest Person to Run for Mayor in Stockbridge, Georgia

Dr. Bernice A. King And Ashley D. Bell’s Redemption Bank Will Be The First Black-Owned Bank In The Mountain West Region

Meet Thomas Morris Chester, The First Black War Reporter

Meet Elizabeth “Mum Bett” Freeman, The First Enslaved Woman To Win A Freedom Suit In Massachusetts

Meet Rebecca Lee Crumpler, The First Black Woman Physician

Meet Frank E. Petersen Jr., The First Black Marine Corps General

Here’s Everything You Never Learned About Eatonville, The First Incorporated All-Black City In The U.S.

4 Must-See Highlights Of Joe Frazier, The First Boxer To Defeat Muhammad Ali

Meet Mary Eliza Mahoney, The First Black Licensed Nurse

Here’s The History Behind The AME Church, The First Independent Black Denomination In The U.S.

This Father-Son Duo Started the First Ever Black-Owned Athletic Supply Company

Meet Roland Conner, the Ex-Cannabis Convict Who Now Owns The First Black-Owned Dispensary In NYC

Here’s What You Never Learned About Paul Laurence Dunbar, One Of The First Black Nationally Recognized Poets

Ben Crump Is The First Black Practicing Attorney To Have A Law School Renamed In His Honor

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