Sarah E. Farro 1859 – ? First Black woman to publish a novel in 1891.

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Quincy Jones born in 1933. In 1961 he because the first Black person to hold the position of Vice President for Mercury Records.

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Amen and Auser Thompson in 2023 became the first brothers to be drafted in the NBA top five.

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Aunt Polly Jackson was a former slave who escaped and in her freedom helped establish Africa, Ohio.

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Zenzile Miriam Mekeba 1932 – 2008. Aka “Mama Africa” popularized music from Africa world-wide.

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Teresa Graves 1948-2002 first Black woman to star in her own television show, in 1975, “Get Christie Love”

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Sylvia Robinson 1936-2011 “Mother of Hip Hop”. Produced “Rapper’s Delight”

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Ernestine Eckstein 1941-1992. Out leader in the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States.

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Jessie Maple 1947-2023. In 1981 the first Black woman to produce, write, and direct an independent feature film.

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Terry A. Francois 1922-1989 first Black person of any gender to be on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1964. A street is named after him in San Francisco.

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