Alicia Garza queer cofounder Black Lives Matter.

Sojourner Truth was the 1st black woman to win a case against a white man, 1838

Stacey Abrams 1st black woman to be a major party nominee for governor in the United States, Georgia, 2018.

Andrew Gillum 1st black Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Florida history, 2018.

Barbara Jordan was the 1st black elected to the Texas Senate and United States House of Representatives.

James Weldon Johnson was the leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917.

James Weldon Johnson was the 1st black professor to be hired at New York University, 1934

Alice Dunnigan 1st black female correspondent to receive White House credentials.

Mary McLeod Bethune was a national adviser to president Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his “Black Cabinet”.