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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

April Verrett Named First Black Woman President Of Nation’s Largest Service Workers Union

Kyrie Irving Signs Father Drederick Irving as First Signature Athlete for Anta Shoe Line

Morgan State’s Marching Band Makes History as First HBCU to Perform at D-Day Memorial Parade in France

Minneapolis Woman on Quest to Become First Black Woman to Solo Kayak Down the Mississippi River

Joe Mazzulla Makes History As Youngest Head Coach To Reach NBA Finals

Chelsea Manalo Becomes First Black Filipino Woman To Be Crowned Miss Universe Philippines

Theresa Claiborne, the First Black Woman Pilot in the U.S. Air Force, Has Retired

Jay Jones Makes History as Howard University’s First Transgender Student Body President

Hampton University Graduates First-Ever All Woman Doctoral Candidates in Departments of Education & Counseling

Angel Reese Just Became the First Co-Owner of DC Power Football Club

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

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