Eugene “Gene” Brown
Eugene “Gene” Brown first Black sheriff of San Francisco.
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California Legislative Black Caucus formed in 1967. Genesis in 1918 with the election of Frederick M. Roberts, first Black California legislator.
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Laurel Robinson, Beverly Brigs, and Naomi Myers first Aboriginal all female group.
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United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
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Tishaura O. Jones born March 10. 1972, first Black woman mayor of St. Louis, MO in April 2021.
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Kim Godwin is first Black woman to run a broadcast network news operation, ABC News president.
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Margaret Busby born 1944 co-founder of Allison & Busby. Great Britain’s first Black woman book publisher.
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The Black Players Coalition of Major League Soccer nonprofit organization founded in 2020
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Justin Randolph Thompson born 1979, Co-founder and director of Black History Month Florence.
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Cynthia Cooper-Dyke is the first WNBA player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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