Mifflin W. Gibbs

Mifflin W. Gibbs was the 1st black judge elected in the U.S, Arkansas; 1973.

Albert John Luthuli

Albert John Luthuli was the 1st black African to win a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the non-violent struggle against apartheid; 1960.

Paula Dance is the 1st black woman elected county sheriff in North Carolina; 2018.

John H. Johnson first black to be listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the 400 richest Americans.

Anna Arnold Hedgeman was the only woman on the organizing committee for the 1963 March on Washington and was another “hidden figure”.

Ludmya Bordeau “Mia” Love 1975-2025, is the 1st black republican woman to serve in the House of Representatives, Utah; 2014.

Ashmun Institute was the 1st school of higher learning for young black men, Pennsylvania; 1854.

Claudette Colvin in 1955 at age 15 refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa Parks.

Jonathan Jasper Wright was the 1st black State Supreme Court Justice, South Carolina; 1870.

Aaliyah first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 based solely on airplay in 2000. She died in 2001.