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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.

Fisk Gymnast Morgan Price Earns Highest-Ever Score for an HBCU Gymnast

Watch the Historic Moment All Black Women Judges Heard Arguments Before NY Appellate Supreme Court

Kai Cenat Makes History as the First Streamer to Partner with Nike

Disney Set to Premiere Its First Pan African Series, ‘Iwájú’

Meet HBCU Student and NASCAR Rising Star Rajah Caruth

Ed Dwight, the Man Set to Be the First Black Astronaut, Is Finally Getting His Flowers

Remembering Willie Thrower, The NFL’s First Black Quarterback

NCAT Alumna Opens First Black-Owned Ultrasound Studio in Greensboro

Meet Sharone Johnson, Philadelphia’s First Black Woman K-9 Sergeant

Meet Wendell Scott, NASCAR’s First Black Driver & Team Owner

Dr. Thavolia Glymph Makes History as the First Black Woman President of the American Historical Association

Sherrone Moore Makes History as the First Black Head Football Coach in Michigan’s 144-Year-History

Meet The Brothers Behind Philly’s First Black Owned Brewery

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