Ngozi Ezike the first Black woman appointed to lead the Illinois Department of Public Health.

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Solomon Bates, born 1997. Second minor league baseball player to publicly come out as gay in 2022.

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Katanji Brown Jackson born in 1970. First Black woman on the United States Supreme Court.

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Biyi Bandele 1967-2022. Nigerian novelist playwright and filmmaker.

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William Chester Ruth 1882-1971. Inventor, including “baler feeder”.

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Sylvia Harris 1953-2011. Pioneer in social impact design.

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Eunetta Boone 1955-2019. First Black woman to be a sports reporter for The Baltimore Sun.

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Chokwe Lumumba 1947 -2014. Attorney and politician. Founded Malcolm X Center.

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Nona Brown born 1962 first Black woman to be elected president of the San Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy in 2022.

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