Africa, Ohio believed to be the only town named after the Underground Railroad.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson 1935-2023, first registered nurse elected to Congress and first Black woman to hold any seat from Dallas, Texas.

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Green-book was an annual guidebook for Black roadtrippers founded and published by New York City mailman Victor Hugo Green from 1936 to 1967. Showed Black folks where they could eat, shop, and stay during segregation. AKA “the bible of black travel”.

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Ellen Holly 1931-2023. In 1968 she became the first Black actress to have a lead role in a soap opera.

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Lucinda Todd, 1906-1996 was a school teacher and her daughter, Nancy was the first Topeka plaintiff in Brown vs. Board of Education.

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May Chinn 1886-1980. First Black woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College (now NYU School of Medicine) and the first Black woman to intern at Harlem Hospital.

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Justine Lindsay born in 1992 became the NFL’s first openly transgender cheerleader in 2022.

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Frank Calvin Mann, 1908 – 1992. First Black pilot of a major airline.

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In 2023 the Las Vegas Raiders became the first NFL team to have an all-Black leadership group including the first Black woman president, Sandra Douglass Morgan; a Black head coach, Antonio Pierce; and a Black general manager, Champ Kelly.

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