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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.

Denise Gardner Becomes Art Institute of Chicago’s Board Chief, Making History As First Black Woman To Lead A Major Museum Board

Veteran TV Executive And FAMU Grad Kim Godwin Set To Make History As New ABC News President

Ghanaian-American Model Makes History As First Black Miss Grand International

Paine College Honors Lee Elder, First Black Golfer To Play in the Masters, With Honorary Doctorate

Tishaura Jones Makes History As First Black Woman To Become Mayor of St. Louis

Lord Simon Woolley Makes History As The First Black Man Appointed Head of Oxbridge College

First Black Woman-Owned Cannabis Dispensary On East Coast Opens In Massachusetts

He Just Made History As First Black American Man Promoted To A Full Professor at University of Idaho

Jennifer McClellan Is Campaigning To Become The First Black Woman Governor In The United States

These Two Coaches Make History As The First Black Women To Lead Teams To NCAA Women’s Final Four Simultaneously

These HBCU Grads Are Owners Of The First Mother-Daughter Orthodontics Practice In Michigan

Damian Williams Confirmed By The Senate As The First Black U.S. Attorney In Manhattan

She Just Became The First Black Valedictorian In This School’s 152-Year History

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