Feelmore Adult Gallery in Oakland, CA, was founded in 2010 by Nenna Joiner one of the few queer women of color in the sex toy store industry. The store’s motto is “it’s more than just sex.”

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Joseph L Searles III was the 1st black member of the New York Stock Exchange, 1970.

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John Mercer Langston was the first dean of Howard Law School.

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Juliana Stratton 1st black woman elected lieutenant governor of Illinois, 2018.

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Jessica O. Matthews, Nigerian-American inventor, co-founder of Uncharted Power, makes a soccer ball used as a power generator.

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Carole Simpson was the 1st black woman to anchor a major network newscast, 1975.

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Jim Brown was a black running back for the Cleveland Browns from 1957 through 1965. He was recognized as the AP NFL Most Valuable Player three times, and won an NFL championship with the Browns in 1964.

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Ronald Harmon Brown was the 1st black man to serve as the United States Secretary of Commerce during the first term of President Bill Clinton and become chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC); 1989.

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Danyale Price, a black woman, is the Chief Inclusion Officer at Paul, Weiss, a law firm; 2018.

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Ethiopia Habtemariam, a black woman, was named the Senior Vice President of Motown Records; 2011.

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