Ken Blackwell was the 1st black Republican major party governor of Ohio, 2006.

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Sheryl Swoopes was the first player signed with the WNBA and the first woman basketball player to have a Nike shoe named after her, the “Air Swoopes”.

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Gloria Edim is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl an online book club and community.

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Denzel Washington was the 1st black actor to receive two Academy Awards and receive seven Oscar nominations. 

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Mashama Bailey first black woman nominated for best chef at the James Beard Foundation Awards, 2018.

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Joseph Roberts was the 1st black governor of Liberia in 1841. In 1848, he was elected the 1st president of Liberia.

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Ardella Dailey was the first black Superintendent of Schools in the city of Alameda, California.

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On February 5, 1924, tenor Roland Hayes became the first African American artist to give a full-length recital at Carnegie Hall.

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Isis King, first transgender model to compete on America’s Next Top Model in 2011.

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Joseph Jenkins Roberts was the 1st black president of any nation: Liberia, 1847

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