Mashama Bailey
Mashama Bailey first black woman nominated for best chef at the James Beard Foundation Awards, 2018.
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts
Joseph Roberts was the 1st black governor of Liberia in 1841. In 1848, he was elected the 1st president of Liberia.
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Ardella Dailey was the first black Superintendent of Schools in the city of Alameda, California.
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On February 5, 1924, tenor Roland Hayes became the first African American artist to give a full-length recital at Carnegie Hall.
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Isis King, first transgender model to compete on America’s Next Top Model in 2011.
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts was the 1st black president of any nation: Liberia, 1847
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On September 29, 1947, bebop came to Carnegie Hall for the first time when Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald made their Carnegie Hall debuts before a sold-out house.
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Jackie Shane was a transgender singer, a collection collection of her songs, called Any Other Way, was nominated for a Grammy for best historical album in 2019.
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The midnight concert on October 29, 1955—Carnegie Hall’s first full-length rock ‘n’ roll concert—featured 14 different black acts, all performing their biggest hits.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones is a reporter aka “the Cardi B of journalism” and co-founder of The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting.
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