Iola Williams, 1936 -2019 first Black person to serve on the San Jose City Council and also served as vice mayor.

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Zozibini Tunzi, Miss South Africa what crowned Miss Universe 2019 first time ever Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America are all black women.

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Joan Johnson 1929 – 2019. Co-founded Johnson Products which made Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen.

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Viola Burnham 1930-2003 first woman Vice President of African descent in the Americas, Guyana.

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Paule Marshall 1929 – 2019, writer, debut novel “Brown Girl, Brownstones”.

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Norma Miller 2019. “Queen of Swing”

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Helen Miller b. 1945, labor leader for home care workers

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Claudia Gordon, b. 1950, was the first deaf Black person to graduate from law school, the first deaf Black woman attorney is the United States and the first deaf person to work at the White House in an detailee capacity.

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Dee Rees b. 1977 first Black woman to be nominated for “Best Adapted screenplay” in Academy Awards.

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Dianne White Clatto 1938-2015 first full-time black television weathercaster in the United States in 1962.

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