Lucinda Todd, 1906-1996 was a school teacher and her daughter, Nancy was the first Topeka plaintiff in Brown vs. Board of Education.

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May Chinn 1886-1980. First Black woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College (now NYU School of Medicine) and the first Black woman to intern at Harlem Hospital.

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Justine Lindsay born in 1992 became the NFL’s first openly transgender cheerleader in 2022.

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Frank Calvin Mann, 1908 – 1992. First Black pilot of a major airline.

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In 2023 the Las Vegas Raiders became the first NFL team to have an all-Black leadership group including the first Black woman president, Sandra Douglass Morgan; a Black head coach, Antonio Pierce; and a Black general manager, Champ Kelly.

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Tia Norfleet born in 1986 is NASCAR’s first licensed Black woman driver.

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Hazel Monet youngest person to receive a Grammy nomination at age 2 in 2023.

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Tracy Chapman born in 1964, in 2023 became the first Black woman to win a Country Music Association award.

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Chief Theresa Kachindamoto born in 1959 of the Dzedza district in Malawi led the effort to outlaw child marriage. First woman Ngoni chief in 2003.

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Alice Travis at age 32 in 1975 was the first Black woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show.

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