John Johnson was the 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion from 1908 to 1915.

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Barrington Irving Jr. was the 1st black pilot to fly solo around the world, 2017.

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Shirley Ann Jackson is the 1st black woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1973

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Ava DuVernay was the first black woman to win best director at Sundance, 2012.

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Laverne Cox was the 1st black transgender person to play a transgender series regular on broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBS‘s Doubt, 2017.

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