Jamar Roberts Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s first resident choreographer.

Joe Gans (November 25, 1874 – August 10, 1910) became the first Black boxing champion as a lightweight in 1902.

Judy W. Reed (born 1826) is first Black woman to hold a patent after acquiring one for an improved dough kneader in 1884.

Damion Gross, 1999 model, disability lifestyle influencer, YouTuber, model, actor.

Rev. Dr. Yolanda Pierce, who became the first woman to hold the position of dean at Howard University’s School of Divinity in 2017,

National Association of Black Accountants founded in 1969. The goal of the “National Association of Black Accountants” is to represent Black accountants and finance professionals.

Abdullah Ibrahim 1934 is a South African pianist and composer.

Rev. Dr. LaKeesha Walrond 1972 first woman of any race and first Black of any gender to be named President of New York Theological Seminary in 2019 in their 119 year history.

Lorenzo “Piper” Davis 1917 – 1997 first black prospect signed by the Boston Red Sox, back in 1950.