Pauli Murray
Pauli Murray 1st black to earn a doctorate at Yale Law School.
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Viola Desmond
Viola Desmond first black woman to grace Canadien currency.
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Oprah Winfrey became the first black woman television host in 1986.
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Lincoln Motion Picture Company, 1st Black film company, 1916
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Condoleezza Rice; the 1st Black woman to be U.S. Sec. of State
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Erin Jackson first black woman to secure a spot on the U.S. Olympic speed skating long track team.
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Billy Ray White Menlo Park’s first black mayor, 1981.
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Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen Jr. first black to command a squadron in the Naval Service.
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Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen first black Marine Corps aviator.
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Toni Morrison, 1st Black person to win Nobel Prize for Literature
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