Beyoncé

In 2015, Beyoncé became the first black singer to cover Vogue’s coveted September issue.

Frank Greene Jr.

Frank Greene Jr. became the founding CEO of Technology Development Corporation, a computer software company that would grow with annual revenues of over $30 million in 1971.

Yvonne Atwell

Yvonne Atwell born in 1943 was the first Black woman elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Canada.

Martin Puryear

Martin Puryear is the first black visual artist to receive a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, otherwise known as the “genius grant” in 1989.

RuPaul

RuPaul was the first black spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics’ Viva Glam campaign, which was a created for HIV/AIDS awareness in 1994.

Raye Boyce

Raye Boyce, known as It’s My Raye Raye on YouTube, became the first black YouTuber to reach 1 million followers in 2015.

Shaun Ross

Shaun Ross became the first professional Black model with albinism after signing to AMCK Models London in 2008.

Lowery Stokes Sims

Lowery Stokes Sims joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and became the first black curator at the museum in 1972.

Bernard Tyson

Bernard Tyson is the CEO of Kaiser Permanente, the first Black person to hold that position in 2012.

Ophelia DeVore

Ophelia DeVore (1922 – 2014) was the first Black model in the United States who helped establish the Grace Del Marco Agency, one of the first modeling agencies in America in 1946.

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