E.V. Wilkins
E.V. Wilkins was the 1st black mayor of the town of Roper, North Carolina, 1975.
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Chaya Harris
Member of Outdoor Afro and a member of the first all-black American group to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in July 2018.
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Will Smith, along with partner Jazzy Jeff, won the first ever Grammy for Best Rap Performance in1992.
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Chiquita Evans first woman drafted in the NBA 2K League, March 5, 2019.
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Marquita Thomas, first black person of any gender to be on the ballot for West Hollywood City Council in 2019.
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The United States Postal Service is unveiling a stamp for Marvin Gaye on 4/2/19 on what would have been his 80th birthday.
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Lyda Newman held the first patent for an improved hairbrush design in New York City in 1898.
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Jesse Russell was the first person hired from an HBCU by AT&T Bell Laboratories, today known as Bell Labs. First black person in the United States to be selected as the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer of the Year in 1980.
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Freedmen’s Hospital was established in Washington, D.C., as the only federally-funded health care facility for Blacks in the nation in 1863.
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Dr. Helen O. Dickens was the first black woman admitted to the American College of Surgeons in 1950.
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