Black Heritage Stamps: Lena Horne, 2018
Lena Horne, 1st black actress to sign a long-term contract with a film studio since 1915.
Read more "Black Heritage Stamps: Lena Horne, 2018"Lena Horne, 1st black actress to sign a long-term contract with a film studio since 1915.
Read more "Black Heritage Stamps: Lena Horne, 2018"Wilma Rudolph 1st athlete to win three gold medals in the Olympics.
Read more "Wilma Rudolph"Theodore Wright was the 1st black graduate of an Ivy League school in 1828
Read more "Theodore Sedgewick Wright"Rihanna, 1st black woman on cover of British Vogue’s September issue in 102 years of existence.
Read more "Rihanna"Anita Florence Hemmings in 1897 first black woman to graduate from Vassar.
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Read more "Serena Williams"Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816, forty-nine years before the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery.
Read more "Black Heritage Stamps: Richard Allen"Mordecai Johnson 1st black president of Howard University.
Read more "Mordecai W. Johnson"Carl Stokes 1st black anchorman in NYC, 1972.
Read more "Carl Stokes"Essynce Moore is the 1st black teen to write books that are mandatory readings for school districts.
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