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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Tia Norfleet born in 1986 is NASCAR’s first licensed Black woman driver.

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Hazel Monet youngest person to receive a Grammy nomination at age 2 in 2023.

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Tracy Chapman born in 1964, in 2023 became the first Black woman to win a Country Music Association award.

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Chief Theresa Kachindamoto born in 1959 of the Dzedza district in Malawi led the effort to outlaw child marriage. First woman Ngoni chief in 2003.

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Alice Travis at age 32 in 1975 was the first Black woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show.

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Serena and Venus Williams in 2009 became the first Black women to own a NFL football franchise

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Dominic Dupree aka Dominic Palace, 25, was non-gender conforming and shot and killed 10/13/2023 in Chicago.

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Lisa Love, 35, Black transgender woman from Chicago shot and killed 10/17/2023.

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Since 1987 the United Kingdom has designated October as UK Black History Month.

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