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BOTWC Firsts

Sgt. Shuntia Lucas Makes History as First Black Woman Promoted to Sergeant in Dane County, Wisconsin Sheriff’s Office

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Dr. Valencia Robertson Wells Becomes First Black President of the Alabama Optometric Association

Sydney McLaughlin Becomes First American Woman to Run 400m Under 48 Seconds

Tems to Headline First-Ever FIFA Club World Cup Final Halftime Show

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Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Becomes First Woman Since 2003 to Win 100m and 200m at U.S. Nationals

Taylor Townsend Becomes First Mother to Reach No. 1 in Women’s Doubles Tennis

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Juici Patties Makes History as First Jamaican Fast-Food Chain to Successfully Expand to the U.S.

Chelsea Manalo Becomes First Black Filipino Woman To Be Crowned Miss Universe Philippines

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

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