Jade Colin
Jade Colin, age 26, is the youngest black women to own a McDonald’s franchise; 2016.
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Melissa Harville-Lebron
Melissa Harville-Lebron is the 1st black woman to own a NASCAR team; The E2 Northeast Motorsports team, 2014.
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Moziah Bridges, a black entrepreneur, founded Mo’s Bows Handmade Bow Tie at the age of 15 and partnered with the NBA to make custom bow ties for all 30 NBA teams, 2017.
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Maya Penn, the black CEO and founder of Maya’s Ideas, started her company at the age of eight and gives 10% of her profits to charities and environmental nonprofit organizations; 2008.
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Mary Ann Shadd 1823-1893 was a Black Canadian and the first woman publisher in Canada and the first Black woman publisher in North America, and the first Black woman newspaper editor in North America, establishing “The Provincial Freeman” in 1853.
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Julian Bond was the chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center; 1998-2010.
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Olivia Hooker 1st black woman to enlist in the Coast Guard, 1945.
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Zina Garrison is a former black professional tennis player who was a 3 time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion in 1990, a women’s doubles gold medalist, and singles bronze medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.
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Ray Taliaferro became the U.S.’s first black talk-show host for a major market radio station (KNEW AM 910) in 1976.
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Edwin Corley Moses is a former black track and field athlete who won 122 consecutive races and set the world record in the event 4 times; 1977-1987.
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