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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Serena and Venus Williams in 2009 became the first Black women to own a NFL football franchise

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Dominic Dupree aka Dominic Palace, 25, was non-gender conforming and shot and killed 10/13/2023 in Chicago.

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Lisa Love, 35, Black transgender woman from Chicago shot and killed 10/17/2023.

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Since 1987 the United Kingdom has designated October as UK Black History Month.

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Barbara Ross-Lee born in 1942, in 1993 became the first Black woman to become dean of a U.S. Medical school. Diana Ross is her sister.

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Laphonza Butler born 1979. First Black lesbian to serve in the United States Senate in 2023.

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Lotfia Elnadi first Egyptian and first woman from Africa to earn a pilot’s license on 27 September 1933.

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William T. Shorey born in Barbados, (July 13, 1859 – April 15, 1919) was the only Black ship captain on the west coast known to his crew as the Black Ahab.

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