Hettie Simmons Love
Hettie Simmons Love born in 1922, in 1947 became the first Black person to graduate and receive an MBA from Wharton School in Pennsylvania.
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Blake Bolden born in 1991was the first Black player drafted in the first round of the CWHL, the first Black woman to compete in the NWHL and the first Black woman to scout in the NHL.
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Old Town Road by Little Nas X, in 2019 became Billboard’s longest running number one song of all time.
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HealthQuest, co-founded in 1992, by Valerie Boyd was the first nationally distributed magazine focusing on Black American’s health.
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Valerie Boyd, 1963 – 2022, writer and educator. Best known for her biography on Zora Neale Hurston.
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Syl Johnson , 1936 – 2022. Musician, singer, songwriter, and musician.
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Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). Civil war in the south of Sudan since the 1950s.
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Jayne Kennedy born 1951. First Black person to grace the cover of Playboy magazine.
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Fannie Barrier Williams 1855-1944. Educator and activist. Helped found NAACP and other organizations.
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Willie O’Ree and Grant Fuhr are the second and first Black players in the National Hockey League Hall of Fame.
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