Audrey F. Manley first black woman appointed as chief resident at Cook County Children’s Hospital, Chicago (1962).

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Louis Tompkins Wright was the 1st police surgeon with the New York Police Department, 1929.

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Malissa “Mali” Hunter is a Grammy-nominated artist, industry leader and brand marketer who is also president of The Retnuh Agency, which specializes in brand management; 2015.

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Byllye Avery is best known as the founder of the National Black Women’s Health Project, the first national organization to specialize in Black women’s reproductive health issues, 1984.

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Elma Ina Lewis was a black arts educator and the founder of the National Center of Afro-American Artists (1968) and The Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts (1950).

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Frank Robinson, only Major League Baseball player to win MVP in both leagues.

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Lionel Wilson 1st black Mayor of Oakland, California, 1977.

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Dr. Gladys West inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame, 2018.

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Dr. Gladys West helped develop GPS. A “hidden figure”.

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Catherine Elizabeth Woods is the 1st black woman to head a publicly traded corporation (which she founded), Radio One; 1999.

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