Cori Bush born 7/21/1976, first Black woman elected to Congress in Missouri in 2020.

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Michele A. Roberts born in 1956 became the first woman executive director of the National Basketball Players Association in 2014. She is also the first woman to head a major professional sports union in North America.

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Wilton Gregory born 12/7/1947 first Black cardinal in the United States, appointed 2020.

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Olaudah Equiano 1745 – 31 March 1797 also known as Gustavus Vassa was a writer and abolitionist. Enslaved in the United States twice, he bought his freedom.

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Aerrion Burnett, 37, Black transgender woman found dead of a gunshot wound on 9/19/2020 in Independence, Missouri.

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Brooklyn DeShuna, 20, Black transgender woman, shot in the head and found dead 10/7/2020 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Ofentse Pitse born 1992 first woman Black South African to own and conduct the first all-black orchestra

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