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

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Virginia State University Makes History as First HBCU With Accredited Social Work Program

Michael Stephens Makes History as First Black CEO of Tampa International Airport

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

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Erica Lee Carter, Daughter of Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Makes History as the First Woman to Replace Her Mother in Congress

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

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Erica Lee Carter, Daughter of Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Makes History as the First Woman to Replace Her Mother in Congress

Meet Manika Gamble, the First African American Woman to Run 155-Mile Race Through Oldest Desert in the World

Metro Boomin Makes History as First Hip-Hop Producer to Perform at Egyptian Pyramids

Tahra Grant Named Chief Comms Officer at Sony Pictures, First Black Woman to Hold Title at Major Hollywood Studio

California’s First-Ever HBCU is Set to Open This Year

Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi Becomes First Black Woman to Earn Doctorate Degree in Robotics at University of Michigan

Maryland Chef Tobias Dorzon Makes History as First in State to be Named ‘Chef of the Year’

Xavier University Makes History as First HBCU to Launch a Medical School in the Gulf South

University of South Carolina Unveils Monument Honoring First 3 Black Students to Integrate University

Montgomery, AL’s First Black Mayor Named President of African American Mayors Association

Edward Dudley, First Black U.S. Ambassador, Set To Be Honored with Historical Marker in Hometown

At 16, Hana Taylor Schlitz Shatters TWU’s Youngest Grad Record, Previously Held By Her Sister

Swerve Strickland Becomes First Ever Black Champion In AEW Wrestling

Sacramento State University President to Open School’s First Black Honors College

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