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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.

First Black MLB Coach, Buck O’Neil, Elected To National Baseball Hall of Fame

Keisha Nix Makes History As First Black Woman To Become VP In Los Angeles Lakers Organization

DC’s Capital City Mambo Sauce Expands to KFC, Becomes First Black-Owned Brand To Partner With A National Quick Service Restaurant

Meet The Candidates Campaigning To Be The First Black Woman Governor In The U.S.

Alabama’s First Black Poet Laureate Honored By Governor

Houston Entrepreneur Converts His Nightclub Into One Of The City’s First Black-Owned Supermarkets

Artist Jade Yasmeen Creates The First Hyperrealistic Portrait Of Harriet Tubman In Color

Shalanda Young Set To Make History As First Black Woman To Head Federal Budget Office

Janet Rollé Makes History As First Black CEO Of The American Ballet Theatre

First Black Firefighter Of Vegas City Honored In Celebration On 80th Birthday

Dr. Jessica Watkins Makes History As First Black Woman Astronaut To Join NASA’s International Space Station Crew

Kenyan Inventors Create World’s First Bio-Robotic Arm Operated By Brain Signals

Speedskater Erin Jackson Makes History As The First Black American Woman To Win World Cup Race

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