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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.

Meet Max Robinson, The First Black News Anchor

Harvard Names First Black President In 386-Year-History

Harvard Names First Black President In 386-Year-History

4 Things You Didn’t Know About The First Black Woman To Graduate From College

Meet The Golden Fourteen, The First Black Women To Serve In The U.S. Navy

Here’s Everything You Never Learned About Larry Doby, The First Black Baseball Player In The American League

5 Useful Things We Could All Learn From America’s First Black Billionaire, Reginald Lewis

Dr. George Franklin Grant: The Inventor, Dentist, & Harvard’s First Black Professor

This Father-Daughter Duo Will Open the First Food Hall In West Baltimore With The Help of Other Local Businesses

6 Things You Should Know About The First Black Author, Phyllis Wheatley

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Jennifer Hosten, The First Black Woman Crowned Miss World

Salima Mukansanga is the First Black Woman to Officiate 2022 FIFA World Cup

Meet Mary J. Wilson, The First Black Senior Zookeeper At The Maryland Zoo

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