After almost 100 competitions, Zaila Avant-Garde, 14, became the first Black contestant to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee
The first Black Barbie doll, Christie, premiered in 1968 in response to the Equal Rights Movement.
Robert Johnson became the first African American billionaire when he sold his cable television station, Black Entertainment Television
Sharon Jackson-Lee is one of the longest-serving African American women in Congress.
Quinton Byfield, 19, is the highest drafted Black hockey player in NHL history.
In 2008, former President Barack Obama became the first Black President of the United States.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA), founded at Howard University in 1908, is the oldest Black female Greek-letter organization.
Vice President Kamala Harris became the first woman, and woman of color, to be sworn into the office of Vice President of the United States.
From 1810 to 1850, around 10,000 enslaved people escaped to the North via the Underground Railroad.
In January 2021, Reverend Raphael Warnock, 51, became Georgia’s first Black senator.
Today marks the celebration of Black Love Day!
Happy Birthday to the The NAACP!
Marsha “Pay It No Mind” Johnson was a leader of the gay liberation movement.
A Self-Made Millionaire: Born on a plantation in Louisiana, Madam CJ Walker gained her success from inventing a line of hair care products for African Americans.
Abolitionist and Scholar, William Wells Brown’s first novel, “Clotel”, otherwise known as “The President’s Daughter”, was the first novel to be published by an African American in 1853.