Athing Mu born in 2002, track and field athlete, set the world under-20 record in the women’s indoor 800 m in 2021.

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Nikeisah Newton  chef and creator of “Meals for Heels” delivering food for sex workers.

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Steven Fullwood born 1966, archivist, editor and documentarian. Founded the In the Life Archive at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of the New York Public Library.

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Trini Ross nominated to lead the U.S. attorney’s office for the Western District of New York based in Buffalo, if confirmed she will be the first Black woman to head that office.

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Alberta Odell Jones 1930 – 1965. One of first Black women to pass the bar in Kentucky. First woman appointed city attorney in Jefferson county, Kentucky.

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John A. Burr 1889 – 1926 invented the lawn mower.

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1915-1973. aka “the original soul sister” and “the Godmother of rock and roll”.

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Erek Barron nominated to be first Black U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland.

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Ida Keeling born 1915, centenarian track and field athlete.

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Clarence Avant born 1931, aka “The Black Godfather”, music executive, film producer, and entrepreneur.

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