Yance Ford
Yance Ford was the first openly transgender man and director to be nominated for any Academy Award in 2017 after directing Strong Island.
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Dee Rees
Dee Rees became the first black woman to direct a film for which an actor or actress was nominated for an Academy Award in 2017 after Mary J. Blige was nominated for her role in Mudbound.
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Wilton Daniel Gregory is the 1st black president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), 2001-2004.
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Beyoncé was the first black woman headliner at Coachella in 2018.
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Virgil Abloh is the first black person to be named artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear collection in the fashion house’s 164-year history, in 2018.
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Adah Thoms 1870 – 1943 was a nurse who founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses.
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Rob Evans first head coach at the University of Mississippi in 1992.
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Nella Larsen 1891 to 1964 was a nurse, librarian, writer, and novelist during the Harlem Renaissance.
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C.L. Dellums 1900 to 1989 was a porter, union, civil rights, and civic leader. He co-founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1937, the first labor union established and led by black folks. He was the founding President of the NAACP West Coast Region. He was also the uncle of Ron Dellums.
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Jaia Thomas is a sports/entertainment/intellectual property attorney, entrepreneur, and professor. She is the founder of Diverse Representation, a database of black entertainment agents, managers, attorneys and publicists in Los Angeles.
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