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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.

This Howard Alum Became First Black Person With 100% Ownership of National Burger Franchise

Activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett Becomes The First Black Woman To Have A Monument In Chicago

Randy Moore Makes History As First Black Chief Of U.S. Forest Service In Agency’s 116-Year History

Robin Mouton Makes History As First Black Woman Mayor of Beaumont, Texas

Brooklyn All-Girls High School Celebrates First-Ever Graduating Class With An 100-Percent College Acceptance Rate

Coricka White Makes History As the First Black Woman To Manage Baltimore’s Domino Sugar In Its Near 100-Year-History

Alice Dearing Is Making History As The First Black Woman To Represent Great Britain In Swimming At The Olympics

She Just Became The First Black Woman To Lead Chicago Fire Department In Its 160+ Year History

11-Year-Old Cowgirl Makes History Competing At The First Nationally Televised Black Rodeo

India Walton Set To Make History As The First Woman Mayor of Buffalo, New York

Nearly Four Decades Later, Dianne Durham, First Black National Gymnastics Champion, Will Be Inducted Into 2021 Hall of Fame

This Orchestra Just Made History As The First All-Black Orchestra To Feature At Carnegie Hall In Its 130-Year-History

Cindy Crusto Makes History As First Black Woman Professor In Yale Psychiatry History

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