Joan Jones
Joan Jones founder Black History Month Halifax, Canada. Died April 2019 age 79.
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Franco Harris
Franco Harris 1st black person to be named Super Bowl MVP in the NFL, 1975.
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Mia Love 1975-2025, became the first black Republican woman in Congress in 2015.
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Hiram Revels was the 1st black male to serve in Congress and become Senator, 1870.
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Iula O. Carter received a patent for a “portable nursery chair” in 1960.
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Walter Harris was the 1st black chess master, 1963.
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The Dahomey Amazons, were an all-women military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey, now Republic of Benin, until the end of the 19th century. The fictional Dora Milaje of Black Panther are modeled after them.
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Zeke Thomas is a male ambassador of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
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Barbara Hillary was the first known black woman to reach the North Pole in 2007.
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Robert Smalls was the 1st black commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, 1863.
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