Queen Sophia Charlotte
Queen Sophia Charlotte, born in 1744, died in 1844 was England’s first black queen. Charlotte, North Carolina was named after her.
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Black and Missing Foundation, Inc.
Black and Missing Foundation, Inc. is a ten year old non-profit whose mission it is to “bring awareness to mission persons of color nationally.
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Lori Lightfoot first black woman and openly gay person to be elected mayor of Chicago on April 2nd 2019.
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Edna Lewis was a chef and author who founded the Society for the Revival and Preservation of Southern Food in the 1980s and was the first recipient of the James Beard Living Legend award in 1995.
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Leonidas Berry (1902-1995) was the first black specialist in the digestive diseases endoscopy field, 1934.
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Kenyette Tisha Barnes co-founder of #MuteRKelly.
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Dr. Saint Elmo Brady the first black person to earn a Ph.D in chemistry in 1916.
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Moms Mabley was born in 1894 and died in 1975 and was billed “as the funniest woman in the world”. She was one of the first comics to come out as a lesbian in 1921.
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Marc Hannah founded computer programs that were instrumental in the creation of special effects for films, 1982.
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True Reformers Bank was the 1st black-owned bank, Virginia; 1889.
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