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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.

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

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

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

Bernard A. Harris Jr., First Black Astronaut to Perform a Spacewalk, Inducted Into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

Kara Young Makes History as First Black Performer to Win a Tony Award Two Years in a Row

Kwame Onwuachi to Open New Restaurant ‘Maroon,’ the First Black Chef-Led Restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip

Melissa Koby Becomes First Black Woman to Create Official U.S. Open Artwork, Honors Althea Gibson for 75th Anniversary

Meet the Owners Behind Baltimore’s First Black & Woman-Owned Bodega

NiJaree Canady Makes History as First Million-Dollar College Softball Player

Kevin Howell Named NC State’s First Black Chancellor, 40 Years After Making History as First Black Student President

‘Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks’ Makes History as First Majority Black-Owned Brand Named to Fast Casual’s Coveted Top 100 List

John Ewing Jr. Makes History as Omaha, Nebraska’s First Black Mayor

Jamal Roberts Makes History as First Black Man to Win American Idol in Over 20 Years

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