Founded by Dr. Shayla Creer and Robert McCray, Live Alkaline Water became the first Black-owned water brand to sell its products on Walmart shelves in 2018.

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Henry Ossawa Tannerwas an American artist and the first black painter to gain international acclaim. His painting entitled Daniel in the Lions’ Den was accepted into the 1896 Salon, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

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Jane Wright, MD. became the first woman elected president of the New York Cancer Society after serving as associate the dean and head of cancer chemotherapy department at New York Medical College in New York City in 1967.

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Alexander Augusta was the first black physician appointed the first commissioned black surgeon in the U.S. Army in 1863 and the first black physician to direct a U.S. hospital — Freedman’s Hospital in 1868.

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Marilyn Gaston, MD became the first black female director of an U.S. Public Health Service bureau after being appointed director of HHS’ Bureau of Primary Health Care in 1990.

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Tyler Mitchell is the first black photographer to shoot a Vogue magazine cover after being chosen by Beyonce to do her shoot in 2018.

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Dr. Patrice Harris is the first black woman elected president of the American Medical Association in 2018.

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The Haitian-Japanese player, Naomi Osaka, became the first person from Japan to win a Grand Slam title after she defeated Serena Williams at the 2018 U.S. Open.

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Frederick Douglass “Fritz” Pollard was the first black head coach in the National Football League (NFL), Akron Pros, the team he would lead to the championship in 1920.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made history in November 2018 by becoming the youngest woman elected to Congress.

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