Ujima

Ujima means collective work and responsibility and is the third principle of Kwanzaa celebrated December 28.

Kujichagulia

Kujichagulia means self-determination and is the second principle of Kwanzaa on December 27.

Umoja means unity and is the first principle of Kwanzaa celebrated on December 26.

June Middleton 1st woman of any race working for. NYSE firm, 1964.

Laura Simmons, a black woman, youngest stock broker on New York Stock Exchange on 2/6/17 at age 23 also the only full-time stock broker.

Romare Bearden, a black artist, founded the 306 Group, a club for Harlem artists; 1930.

Wynton Marsalis, black trumpeter, was the 1st of any race to have his jazz composition win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, Blood on the Fields; 1997

Barbara Jordan first black woman to give a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, 1976.

Audrey F. Manley first black woman appointed as chief resident at Cook County Children’s Hospital, Chicago (1962).

Louis Tompkins Wright was the 1st police surgeon with the New York Police Department, 1929.