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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.

New Cornell Graduate Fellowship Honors University’s First Black Ph.D. Graduate

Jessica Watkins is Preparing to Become First Black Woman to Spend Extended Amount of Time in Space

Maia Chaka, The First Black Woman To Officiate An NFL Game

Detroit’s First Black Woman-Owned Figure Skating Club Officially Opens Its Doors

Hampton University Is Now The First HBCU To Join The Colonial Athletic Association

Ohio State’s First Black Woman Engineering Head Committed To Increasing Diversity In Field

First Black-Owned Autonomous Grocery Store In The World Opens In Georgia

First Black Family In Texas To Race Quarter Horses Names Newest Steed ‘Black Lives Matter’

VA Descendants Of First Enslaved Africans In North America Return To Ancestral Land

Jamaica’s Bobsled Team Qualified For First Winter Olympics In Over Two Decades

Remembering Lusia Harris, The First & Only Woman To Be Drafted By The NBA

Atlanta Entrepreneurs Make History As First Restaurateurs To Grace Cover of ESSENCE

Grandson of Jersey City’s First Black Firefighter Is Breaking His Own Barriers

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