Lorraine Hansberry 1st black to win New York’s Drama Critic’s Circle Award, 1959.

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Azellia White 1st black woman in Texas to receive her pilot’s license, 1946.

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Lorraine Hansberry was the 1st black woman to have a play performed on Broadway, A Raisin in the Sun, 1959.

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization formed to advance justice for blacks, formed in 1909.

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Valeisha Butterfield is the global head of women and the black community at Google and has previously worked for Obama for America, RUSH Communications, and HBO; 2018.

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Donald Glover, the first black man to win an Emmy for directing a comedy series, 2017.

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Audra McDonald In 2014 Tony Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play this year, making her the first woman to ever earn six Tony Award wins (not counting honorary awards) and the first woman to win a Tony Award in all four acting categories.

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Geraldine W. Lewis 1st black woman elected to the Montana legislature, 1967.

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Feelmore Adult Gallery in Oakland, CA, was founded in 2010 by Nenna Joiner one of the few queer women of color in the sex toy store industry. The store’s motto is “it’s more than just sex.”

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Joseph L Searles III was the 1st black member of the New York Stock Exchange, 1970.

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