Tarea Hall Pittman, civil rights activist, lobbied successfully for the California Fair Employment Practices Act in 1959 and subsequent laws in Arizona, Alaska, and Nevada.

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Elbert “Big Man” Howard was 1 of the 6 original founding members of the Black Panther Party at age 28, 1966.

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Marian Anderson was the 1st black woman invited to sing at the White House, 1986.

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Mary Mahoney was the 1st licensed black nurse in the U.S, 1979.

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Paulette Brown was the 1st black female president of the American Bar Association, 2015.

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Thurgood Marshall 1st black U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

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Marsha P. Johnson is an LGBTQ activist and transgender woman who helped lead the Stonewall riots, 1969.

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Jane Bolin was the 1st black female judge in the U. S, 1939.

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Sampson McCormick, 1st out, black, gay male comic.

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Sarah E. Goode was the 1st black woman to receive a U.S patent for her invention of a folding cabinet bed in 1885.

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