Matt Baker

Clarence Matthew Baker 1921 – 1959. First Black person to have success as a comic book artist.

Barbara Miller-Williams

Barbara Miller-Williams first Black woman Comptroller for the City of Buffalo, NY.

Prentice Earl Sanders sunrise 10/12/1937, sunset 1/11/2021. In 2002 became the first Black chief of police for San Francisco, California.

Brough Brothers Distillery in 2020 became the first Black owned distillery in the state of Kentucky.

Joyce Ladner born 1943, civil rights activist, author, and sociologist.

Elmer C. Stoner 1897 – 1969. Comic, believed to have created “Mr. Peanut”

Victorine Q. Adams 1912 – 2006, first Black woman to serve on Baltimore City Council.

Reverend Raphael Warnock born 1969, in 2021 became the first Black U.S. Senator from the state of Georgia.

Ida E. Jones first University Archivist hired at Morgan State University.

Bianca Smith first Black woman to coach baseball professionally in history in 2020.