Monica R. Richardson

Monica R. Richardson first Black Executive Editor of the Miami Herald in it’s 117 year history on 1/1/2021.

George Napper

George Napper, 81, died 10/2/2020. He was Atlanta, Georgia’s first Black Chief of Police in 1978.

Anne Spencer 1882-1975. First Virginian and one of three Black women in the Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry.

Bill Russell born 1934 first Black head coach in the NBA in 1966.

Felycya Harris, 33, Black transgender woman shot and killed in Augusta, Georgia, 10/6/2020.

Montaire Jones born May 18, 1987 along with Ritchie Torres in 2020 were elected as the first two openly gay Black men in Congress.

World AIDS DAY established December 1, 1988.

Dana White first Black woman to run communications at a major automaker, Hyundai.

All-Black Officiating Crew 11/23/2020 Monday night game for the first time in NFL history.

Edward J. Perkins 1928 – 2020, first Black ambassador to South Africa.