Eunetta Boone

Eunetta Boone 1955-2019. First Black woman to be a sports reporter for The Baltimore Sun.

Chokwe Lumumba

Chokwe Lumumba 1947 -2014. Attorney and politician. Founded Malcolm X Center.

Nona Brown born 1962 first Black woman to be elected president of the San Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy in 2022.

Martin Henry Freeman 1829-1889. First Black President of an American college (Allegheny Institute (Avery College) in Pittsburgh, PA) in 1856.

“Coral Oral” first Black-owned toothbrush company.

Alaska Airlines in 2022 hired Alex and Alan, as the first identical twin brothers of any race, as pilot first officers.

Sandra Douglass born 1978. In 2022 became the first Black woman to be president of a National Football League team, the Las Vegas Raiders.

Peter M. Johnson born 1966. First Black general authority in church history for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Vivian Malone Jones 1942-2005. The University of Alabama’s first Black graduate in 1963.

Travers J. Bell 1942-1988 founder of first Black firm on New York Stock Exchange in 1971. aka “The Father of Black Investing”