Laphonza Butler born 1979. First Black lesbian to serve in the United States Senate in 2023.

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Lotfia Elnadi first Egyptian and first woman from Africa to earn a pilot’s license on 27 September 1933.

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William T. Shorey born in Barbados, (July 13, 1859 – April 15, 1919) was the only Black ship captain on the west coast known to his crew as the Black Ahab.

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Harvey Gantt was the Black student to enroll in Clemson University. In 1983, became the first Black mayor of Charlotte, NC.

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Liberation Station Bookstore is the first Black owned children’s bookstore in North Carolina.

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Jill E. Brown-Hiltz in 1974 was the first Black woman in the U.S. Navy’s flight program and in 1978 was the first Black woman to be a pilot for a major airline.

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Clara Belle Drisdale Williams 1885- , first Black graduate of New Mexico State University.

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Da Brat born 1974. In 1994 became the first-ever female solo rap act to receive a platinum certification.

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Mme Abomah 1865 – ? The African Giantess at 7 feet 6 inches.

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Simone Manuel born 1996. In 2016 she became the first Black American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming.

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