Kim Hamilton 1932-2013 one of the first Black actors on “Days of our Lives” and the only Black actor with a speaking role on “Leave it to Beaver”

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Starr Brown, transgender woman shot to death on April 19, 2024 in Memphis, Tennessee. The 11th transgender person killed in 2024.

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Woni Spotts born in 1964 is the first Black woman to visit every country and continent in the world in 2018.

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South Africa in 1910 became the first African nation to decolonize, became independent from Britain.

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Alice Randall, born 1959, is the first Black woman to cowrite a number 1 song in Country music, “Xs & Os” by Trisha Yearwood.

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Dalila Scruggs Smithsonian American Art Museum’s first Black Art Curator.

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Crystal James was named as the first Black woman police chief at the University of Michigan in 2024.

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Thomas Franklin Vaughns, birn 1920 served in World War II and the Korean War recognized for his service on 8/21/2019 with a National Defense Service Medal. Was a Tuskegee Airman.

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Sara Forbes Bonetta 1843-1860 goddaughter to Queen Victoria. Believed to be a titled member of the Egbado clan of the Yoruba people in West Africa,

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Tony Atlas born 1954 and Dwayne Johnson born 1972 in 1983 became the first ever Black heavyweight tag team champions.

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