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BOTWC Firsts

April Verrett Named First Black Woman President Of Nation’s Largest Service Workers Union

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MLB Makes History With First-Ever All-Black Umpiring Crew in 120+ Year History

Baltimore Students Make History as First Team of Black Women to Win Policy Debate at Chicago Tournament

Kyrie Irving Signs Father Drederick Irving as First Signature Athlete for Anta Shoe Line

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Morgan State’s Marching Band Makes History as First HBCU to Perform at D-Day Memorial Parade in France

Minneapolis Woman on Quest to Become First Black Woman to Solo Kayak Down the Mississippi River

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Morgan State’s Marching Band Makes History as First HBCU to Perform at D-Day Memorial Parade in France

Theresa Claiborne, the First Black Woman Pilot in the U.S. Air Force, Has Retired

Jay Jones Makes History as Howard University’s First Transgender Student Body President

Hampton University Graduates First-Ever All Woman Doctoral Candidates in Departments of Education & Counseling

Angel Reese Just Became the First Co-Owner of DC Power Football Club

Meet Manika Gamble, the First African American Woman to Run 155-Mile Race Through Oldest Desert in the World

Metro Boomin Makes History as First Hip-Hop Producer to Perform at Egyptian Pyramids

Tahra Grant Named Chief Comms Officer at Sony Pictures, First Black Woman to Hold Title at Major Hollywood Studio

California’s First-Ever HBCU is Set to Open This Year

Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi Becomes First Black Woman to Earn Doctorate Degree in Robotics at University of Michigan

Maryland Chef Tobias Dorzon Makes History as First in State to be Named ‘Chef of the Year’

Xavier University Makes History as First HBCU to Launch a Medical School in the Gulf South

University of South Carolina Unveils Monument Honoring First 3 Black Students to Integrate University

Montgomery, AL’s First Black Mayor Named President of African American Mayors Association

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