Althea Simmons
Althea Simmons 1924-1990 was the head of the Washington branch of the N.A.A.C.P since 1979 and the chief lobbyist in the capital. She successfully lobbied for the extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1982.
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Max Robinson
Max Robinson (1939-1988) served as a co-anchor for ABC World News Tonight. He was the first Black broadcast network news anchor in the history of American television and one of the original founders of the National Association of Black Journalists bacon 1978.
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Iman 7/25/1955, is a Somali-American model and actress.
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The Texas Western Miners became the first predominantly Black basketball team to win an NCAA championship in 1966.
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William Venoid Banks (1903-1985) founded WGPR-TV (Where God’s Presence Radiates) the first Black-owned television station in 1975.
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Riquna Williams born May 28, 1990 is a basketball player who came out as lesbian. She plays in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks.
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Martina Arroyo 1937 Black Puerto Rican soprano performed at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Lincoln Motion Picture Company became the first Black film company in 1916.
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Black Swan Records was the first Black-owned recording company that sold popular music to black audiences the first company to record black classical musicians from 1921 and 1923.
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The African Company was the first known Black theatre troupe acquired by William Henry Brown in 1821.
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