Sheila Y. Oliver
Sheila Y. Oliver was the first woman of color to serve as speaker of the New Jersey Assembly; 2011.
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Simmie Knox
Painter Simmie Knox is the 1st black artist to create an official U.S. presidential portrait. He debuted his portrait of President Bill Clinton in 2004.
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Molly Williams is known as America’s first female firefighter, working with New York’s Oceanus Engine Company #11 starting in 1818.
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Harold Washington became the 1st black mayor of Chicago in 1983.
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Halima Aden first hijab-wearing fashion model to walk international runway shows and the first to wear a hijab and burkini in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant in 2016.
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Alexander L. Twilight was the 1st black college graduate; Bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College, 1823.
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Lelia Foley-Davis was elected mayor of Taft, Oklahoma, making her the nation’s first elected black woman mayor; 1973.
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Venus Williams first black woman to reach # 1 in tennis in the open era in 2002.
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Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records, the most successful black owned music company in the history of the United States, 1960.
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Robert “Lil’ Bobby” Hutton, was the 1st treasurer and recruit to join the Black Panther Party.
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