Erin Jackson
Erin Jackson first black woman to secure a spot on the U.S. Olympic speed skating long track team.
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Billy Ray White Menlo Park’s first black mayor, 1981.
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Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen Jr. first black to command a squadron in the Naval Service.
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Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen first black Marine Corps aviator.
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Toni Morrison, 1st Black person to win Nobel Prize for Literature
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Lisa Leslie first player to dunk in an WNBA game on 7/12/2002.
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Highland Beach Town is the first Black-owned beach town founded in 1893.
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Tyler Perry; the 1st Black person to own his own T.V and film studio.
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Beverly Johnson first black woman on cover of Vogue in 1974.
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Sheila Johnson first black woman billionaire.
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