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Despite Being Born a Free Black Woman, Sarah Parker Remond Fought Against Slavery
Born as a free black woman in 1894, Sarah Parker Remond had a more stable life as a ch…
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In 2017, BP Appointed its First Ever Black Female CEO
BP, a world-class multinational oil and gas company, changed its direction of leadersh…
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Janice Bryant Howroyd, the First Black Woman to Own and Run a Billion-Dollar Company
In 1976, Janice Howroyd began her journey to becoming the first black woman to own and…
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WIC Program was Originally Created by the Black Panther Party in the Late 1960s
"WIC", which stands for Women, Infant & Children, is a federal nutriti…
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Born a Slave, He Later Became America's First Black Deputy U.S. Marshal
Bass Reeves was born in July 1838 and spent his early life as a slave. However, he …
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Savannah Fire Department Hires First Ever Black Woman Chief Fire Marshall
In 2020, the Savannah Fire Department in Savannah, Georgia welcomed Whitney Williams…
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First Black Woman Judge to Serve on Washington's Supreme Court
In April 2020, Judge G. Helen Whitener became the first African American woman to be …
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Meet the Black Doctor Fighting COVID-19 as the Director General of WHO
Meet Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the man who is currently taking the lead as Dire…
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Meet the Man Who Became America's First Black Doctor in 1837
Dr. James McCune Smith, one of the leaders of the movement in the 1800s to abolish sl…
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Macon B. Allen Was the First African American to Become a Lawyer
Macon Bolling Allen was born free in 1816, and worked as a school teacher after learn…
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The History of the First African American Fire Company in Chicago
Engine 21 was Chicago’s first organized paid African American Firefighting Company. E…
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Meet the First Black Woman to Become a Federal Judge in the United States
Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to become a federal judge in the U.S., …
