Bianca Laureano founded the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WOCSHN) in 2009.

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Ethel L. Payne is the only black person to be honored by the U.S. Postal Service on a “Women in Journalism” stamp in 2002.

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Camilla Williams was the first black person to sing a major role with the Vienna State Opera in 1954.

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Morgan DeBaun founded Blavity, a tech and media company that shapes conversations and brings new insights to the black millennial community in 2014.

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Sarah Boone was granted a patent for her invention of the ironing board in 1892

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Vivian Johnson, professor and historian who unearthed the deed showing that Zipporah Potter Atkins was the first black landowner in Boston Massachusetts of either gender.

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Zipporah Potter Atkins in 1670 was the first black person to own land in Boston.

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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was the first black woman to earn a PhD in 1921 and the first woman to earn a law degree from University of Pennsylvania in 1927.

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Evelyn Preer became the first black actress to achieve celebrity status, nicknamed the “First Lady of the Screen” in the early 20th century.

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