Burt Toler, 1928 – 2009, first Black official in NFL.

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Kitsune Brewing Company, Arizona’s only Black owned brewery.

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Loveis Wise, 25, non-binary illustrator.

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In 2020, Ritchie Torres, born March 12, 1988, was the first gay Afro-Latino to be elected to Congress.

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Symone Sanders born 12/10/1986 youngest press secretary in history, age 25, for Bernie Saunders in 2016.

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Baby Nancy, first Black doll to have an Afro in 1968, inducted in National Toy Hall of Fame in 2020.

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Cori Bush born 7/21/1976, first Black woman elected to Congress in Missouri in 2020.

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Michele A. Roberts born in 1956 became the first woman executive director of the National Basketball Players Association in 2014. She is also the first woman to head a major professional sports union in North America.

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