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Tai first Black woman in an FBI bureau SWAT team, 2021.
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Read more "Damian Williams"Kelli Hand 1964-2021 “First lady of techno-rock”
Read more "Kelli Hand"Abebech Gobena, 1935 – 2021, 85, the “Mother Teresa” of Africa.
Read more "Abebech Gobena, 85"Hafu. Japanese term for half. Derisively used to mean half-breed.
Read more "Hafu"Allyson Felix born 1985 in 2021 earned more Olympic medals, 11, than any other American track and field athlete.
Read more "Allyson Felix"Dawn Staley born 1970 is the first person to guide an Olympic basketball team to the gold as a player (Atlanta 1996) and a coach (Tokyo 2020)
Read more "Dawn Staley"Tamyra Mensah-Stock born 1992 first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling in 2021 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Read more "Tamara Mensah-Stock"Springfield Race Riot of 1908, Sixteen people died. $150,000 in property damage. The riot was a catalyst of the formation of the NAACP. The population of Springfield, Illinois was 45,000 at that time.
Read more "Springfield Race Riot of 1908"Route History Museum located in Springfield, Illinois, Black History of Route 66 or Mother Road in the United States.
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