Sapphire
Sapphire is an author and poet. She wrote Push and had a cameo in the movie renamed Precious.
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James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson was the 1st black man to be chosen as executive secretary of NAACP, effectively the operating officer in1917.
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Cheryl Dunye is a filmmaker, tv director, and producer. The Watermelon Woman in 1996, her feature length debut, was the first feature-length narrative film written and directed by out black lesbians about black lesbians.
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Wentworth Cheswell was the 1st black person to be elected to public office, as town constable in Newmarket, New Hampshire in 1768.
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Sophia Danenberg is the first black person of any gender to reach the peak of Mount Everest in 2006.
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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez first person of African descent and first person of Cuban descent to travel in space in 1980.
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Barbara Smith is a lesbian professor, writer, and poet. Founder of Kitchen Table Press in 1980 and “Stop Islamophobia” website.
Read more "Barbara Smith"Daniel Hale Williams
Daniel Hale Williams was the 1st physician of any race, to successfully perform open-heart surgery in 1893. He also founded Provident Hospital in Chicago.
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Thulani Davis born in 1949 is a professor, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, writer and poet. In 1992 she was the first woman to be awarded a Grammy for album notes for Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul–The Atlantic Recording. She also wrote June Jordan’s obituary in the Village Voice.
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Willy T. Ribbs was the 1st black Formula One racecar driver, 1986.
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