Dana Canedy
Dana Canedy born 1965 is the first Black person to head a major publishing house, publisher of Simon & Schuster
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Perry Watkins
Perry Watkins 1948- 1996 Black gay service man, first to challenge the ban on LGBTQ folks in the military.
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Dorothy Pittman Hughes born 1938 co-founder of Ms.Magazine. Gabourey Sidibe is her niece.
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Charlotta Amanda Spears 1874-1964. First Black woman to run for Vice President in 1952 and first Black Woman to own a newspaper in the United States, the California Eagle from 1912 to 1964.
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The Harlem Hellfighters were Black combat soldiers in World War I.
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Everett Fitzhugh first Black announcer in pro hockey and first Black announcer of a hockey league franchise.
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Alicia Boler-Davis first Black woman to become a senior vice-president at Amazon.
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Jason Wright born 1982. NFL’s first Black team president and youngest at 38 in 2020.
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Edward Enninful born in Ghana in 1972 is the editor-in-chief of British Vogue and is the magazine’s first male editor in 2018.
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Lorilyn Holmes born in 1956 in Washington, D.C., she and her wife, Rev Elder Darlene Garner, were the first black clergy, same-gender couple to be married in Washington DC.
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