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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

Autumn Lockwood Is The First Black Woman To Coach In The Super Bowl

Captain Janet Days Just Made History As the First Black Commanding Officer Of The World’s Largest Naval Base

Meet Bill Powell The First Black Man To Build And Operate His Own Golf Course

CEO Tiffini Gatlin Is Set to Make History as the First Black-Owned Faux Hair Distributor on QVC

Missy Elliott Is the First Female Hip-Hop Artist to Be Nominated For the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Meet Ernest Everett Just, The Recipient of the First Spingarn Medal

Meet Etta Moten, The First Black Woman To Perform At The White House During The 20th Century

4 Things You Should Know About The First Black Quarterback To Play In The Super Bowl

Nicole Lynn Is The First Black Woman to Represent An NFL Quarterback In The Super Bowl

Zoe Saldaña Is the First Actor to Star in Four Films That Made Over $2B at the Box Office

Here’s Everything You Never Learned About Leontyne Price, The First Black Leading Performer In Opera

Watch Shirley Chisholm Announce Her Bid For The U.S. Presidency, 51 Years Ago Today

Meet Maria P. Williams, the First Black Woman Film Producer

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