Clara Brown (c. 1800–1885) was a former slave from Virginia who became a philanthropist and aided settlement of former slaves during the time of Colorado’s Gold Rush.

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Zim Ugochukwu is the founder & former Chief Executive Officer of Travel Noire as of 2013.

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Nigerian-American, Ayoola Daramola, founded the Afro Emoji app which replaces standard emojis with a wide selection of emojis of Africans dressed in traditional attire in 2016.

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Janina Simmons is the first black woman set to graduate from U.S. Army Ranger School as of 2019.

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Nipsey Russell (1918 –  2005) was best known for his appearances on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, including Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth, and Pyramid.

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Thirty-four black women are expected to graduate from West Point as the class of 2019, that will be the largest class of black women to graduate together in the military academy’s history.

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Medgar Evers, 1925 – 1963 when he was assassinated. Civil rights activist and field secretary for NAACP in Mississippi.

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Tobechukwu “Tobi” Phillips earned a 6.9 GPA and became the first black Valedictorian in Alvin High School’s 125 year history in 2019.

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Cornel West is an author, activist, social critic, philosopher and intellectual.

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Barbara Boyd was the first Black woman television journalist in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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