Ursula Burns first black woman to run a Fortune 500 company, Xerox from 2009 to 2016.

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Ruth E. Carter the second black woman to win non-acting Oscars — for best costume design, 2019.

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Mahershala Ali first black actor to win back to back Oscar awards for Best Supporting Actor, 2019.

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Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler first black woman in the United States to earn a medical degree, 1864.

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Ken Blackwell was the 1st black Republican major party governor of Ohio, 2006.

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Sheryl Swoopes was the first player signed with the WNBA and the first woman basketball player to have a Nike shoe named after her, the “Air Swoopes”.

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Gloria Edim is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl an online book club and community.

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Denzel Washington was the 1st black actor to receive two Academy Awards and receive seven Oscar nominations. 

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Mashama Bailey first black woman nominated for best chef at the James Beard Foundation Awards, 2018.

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Joseph Roberts was the 1st black governor of Liberia in 1841. In 1848, he was elected the 1st president of Liberia.

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