Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams was the 1st black to go from 1st to 12th grade in the Chappaqua School District in New York.

LaToya Cantrell

LaToya Cantrell 1st black woman to be elected mayor, New Orleans, LA 2018.

Pauli Murray 1st black woman to be vested as an Episcopal priest.

Pauli Murray 1st black to earn a doctorate at Yale Law School.

Viola Desmond first black woman to grace Canadien currency.

Oprah Winfrey became the first black woman television host in 1986.

Lincoln Motion Picture Company, 1st Black film company, 1916

Condoleezza Rice; the 1st Black woman to be U.S. Sec. of State

Erin Jackson first black woman to secure a spot on the U.S. Olympic speed skating long track team.

Billy Ray White Menlo Park’s first black mayor, 1981.