Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps

Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps is the first black woman to serve as President of the American Medical Women’s Association in 2002.

Kevin Brazile

Kevin Brazile first black person to become presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, 2018.

Judy Richardson

Judy Richardson and other former SNCC (Student Nob-Violent Coordinating Committee) staffers co-founded “Drum and Spear Bookstore” in Washington, D.C., which became the largest black bookstore in the United States in 1968.

Henry Thomas Sampson Jr.

Henry Thomas Sampson Jr. invented the gamma-electric cell, a device with the main goal of generating auxiliary power from the shielding of a nuclear reactor in 1971.

Black Nativity

Black Nativity, written by Langston Hughes, was one of the first plays written by a black to be preformed Off-Broadway; 1961.

Belva Davis

Belva Davis became the first black woman television journalist on the west coast of the United States for KPIX-TV in 1966.

E.V. Wilkins

E.V. Wilkins was the 1st black mayor of the town of Roper, North Carolina, 1975.

Chaya Harris

Member of Outdoor Afro and a member of the first all-black American group to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in July 2018.

Will Smith

Will Smith, along with partner Jazzy Jeff, won the first ever Grammy for Best Rap Performance in1992.

Chiquita Evans

Chiquita Evans first woman drafted in the NBA 2K League, March 5, 2019.

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