Anna Murray-Douglass, 1813-1882. Born free and the first wife of Frederick Douglass. She was an abolitionist who supported her husband’s work financially.

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Anna Julia Cooper 1858-1964 author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black Liberation activist, aka “mother of Black feminism”.

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Brehanna Daniels, born 1994, the first Black woman tire changer to “pit” a vehicle in a national NASCAR race

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Nicholas Johnson first Black valedictorian at Princeton, 2020.

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Carlton McCoy first Black person to run a major winery, Heitz Cellar.

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Thomas Lucious Berkley sunrise 8/9/1915 sunset 12/27/2001. First Black commissioner on Oakland Port Authority.

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Pietro Cardin born 7/2/1922 in Italy Imelda Trinidad Romualdez 7/2/1929 in the Philippines Polly Dean Holliday 7/2/1937 Lawrence Gene David 7/2/1947 José Canseco Capas Jr. 7/2/1964 in Cuba Lindsay Dee Lohan 7/2/1986

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Bubba Wallace born Darrell Wallace Jr., 10/6/1983 one of the most successful Black drivers in NASCAR history.

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