Lawrence Douglas Wilder

Lawrence Douglas Wilder was the first elected black governor, 66th Governor of Virginia; 1990 to 1994.

Maggie Walker

In 1903 Maggie Walker, the daughter of a former slave became the first woman of any race to found and become president of an American bank.

Bert Williams

Bert Williams was the first black to produce, write, and star in a Broadway production, In Dahomey; 1902.

Nadja West

Nadja West, highest ranking female to have graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1982.

Paul Williams

Paul Williams was the first black member of the American Institute of Architects ; 1923.

Queen Mother Moore

Queen Mother Moore, born Audley Moore, was the founder of The Republic of New Afrika (RNA); 1968.

First Black Ringmaster of a Major U.S. Circus

Johnathan Lee Iverson was the first black ringmaster of a major U.S. circus in 1999 at the age of 22 for Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Ida B. Wells Drive

Ida B. Wells Drive is the first Chicago Street to be named after a black woman in 2019. She was a journalist and civil rights activist.

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable founded the city of Chicago.

Dorothy Butler Gilliam

Dorothy Butler Gilliam first black woman reporter at the Washington Post, 1961.

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