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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.

Dr. Robert Kirk, the University of Tennessee’s First Black Professor, Has Joined the Ancestors

Simone Biles Becomes First Woman to Land Yurchenko Double Pike Vault at World Championships

All-Woman Football Officiating Crew Makes Sports History in Michigan

Dr. D’Wayne Edwards Releases First Shoe From U.S. Black-Owned Footwear Factory

Dr. Lynn O’Connor Makes History as NYPD’s First Black Woman Police Surgeon

Chioma Nnadi Makes History as First Black Woman to Head British Vogue

Houston Entrepreneur Creates World’s First Built-In Retainer for Mouth Grillz

TC Bakery Makes History As First Black Woman-Owned Bakery At Tallahassee Airport

Natalie Hudson Becomes First Black Supreme Court Chief Justice In Minnesota

Laulauga Tausaga-Collins Makes History As First Woman To Win World Discus Title For Team USA

7-Year-Old Makes History As First African American To Be Crowned Tiny Miss Princess of America

Dr. Jo-Elle Mogerman Named First Black Woman President In Philadelphia Zoo’s 164-Year-History

These Black Women Just Became The First Mother-Daughter Duo To Travel To Space

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