Thomas L. Jennings
Thomas L. Jennings was the 1st black to hold a patent for a dry-cleaning process, 1821
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Mary Jane Patterson was the 1st black woman to earn a B.A, Oberlin College, 1862
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Ghana was the 1st African state to achieve independence from British colonialism.
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Kofi Annan was the 1st black secretary of the United Nations.
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Freedom’s Journal was the 1st black owned-and-operated newspaper, 1827
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Vincent R. Stewart was the 1st black person to lead a major intelligence agency: Defense Intelligence Agency, 2015
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In Dahomey was the 1st Broadway musical written by blacks, and the first to star blacks, 1903
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Loretta Lynch was the 1st black woman Attorney General of the United States, 2015
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Sarah Jane Woodson Early was the 1st black woman college instructor: Wilberforce College, 1858
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Hilton Als is a writer for The New Yorker and won a Pulitzer Prize in 2016.
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