Lois Alexander Lane
Lois Alexander Lane founder Harlem Institute of Fashion.
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Dr. James E. West
Dr. James E. West is black inventor who holds over 250 patents for the design of microphones and more.
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Sounder became the first film to feature black nominees for both Best Actor (Paul Winfield) and Best Actress ( Cicely Tyson) in 1972.
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Roxie Roker portrayed Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons, half of the first interracial couple to be shown on regular prime time television from 1975 to 1985.
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Mark Dean is credited with developing the color PC monitor, the Industry Standard Architecture system bus and the first gigahertz chip.
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Annie J. Easley was a leading member of the team which developed software for the Centaur rocket stage, and was one of the first black people to work as a computer scientist at NASA in 1997.
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Walter Lincoln Hawkins was the first African-American to become a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and in 1992 was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President George H. W. Bush.
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The first Miss Black America was in 1968 when black women were not allowed in the pageant.
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Charles Henry Turner was the first black person to receive a graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati after earning his Biology degree in 1892.
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Black women hold major beauty pageant titles simultaneously for the first time in 2019 with the crowning of Nia Franklin as Miss America, Cheslie Krystal as Miss USA, and Kaliegh as Miss Teen.
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