Former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa encourages a new mark in history, with Karen Bass as Mayor of LA ... read more »

Everyday the streets of Los Angeles are filled with people suffering from unbearable loss.  The kind of loss that makes you simply lose your mind.  Loss of your job, loss of your home, loss of your car, loss of your family, loss of your standing in this world, and worse of all, the loss of hope.    ... read more »

Terrence Blanchard, 59, is the first Black Trumpeter and Composer to have his work performed at the Metropolitan Opera.  ... read more »

In 2009, Susan Rice was appointed by former President Barack Obama as the first African American woman to serve as the United States Ambassador of the United Nations.  ... read more »

Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball, joining the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 5, 1947.  ... read more »

Kenneth Hahn was the only elected politician to meet Reverent Martin Luther King Jr. at the airport when he visited Los Angeles in 1961. ... read more »

Tarana Burkę founded the #MeToo movement in 2006, creating a hashtag and a voice to the many untold stories of victims of sexual assault.  ... read more »

After almost 100 competitions, Zaila Avant-Garde, 14, became the first Black contestant to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee  ... read more »

The first Black Barbie doll, Christie, premiered in 1968 in response to the Equal Rights Movement.  ... read more »

Robert Johnson became the first African American billionaire when he sold his cable television station, Black Entertainment Television ... read more »

Sharon Jackson-Lee is one of the longest-serving African American women in Congress. ... read more »

Quinton Byfield, 19, is the highest drafted Black hockey player in NHL history.  ... read more »

In 2008, former President Barack Obama became the first Black President of the United States.  ... read more »

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA), founded at Howard University in 1908, is the oldest Black female Greek-letter organization.  ... read more »

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.  ... read more »