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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.

Ronda Colvin-Leary Sworn In As First Elected African American Judge In Gwinnett County, Georgia

Here’s The First Black Man Selected As VP Of Diversity And Inclusion For An NBA Team

Newseum Unveils Statue Of Alice Allison Dunnigan, The First Black Woman To Cover White House

The NYPD’s First African American Twin Sister Officers Are Now Both Detectives

First Black Woman Elected As University Of Cincinnati Student Body President

LSU Elects Its First Black Student Government President In Almost 30 Years

Tiffanye Wesley Blazes A Trail As Northern Virginia’s First Black Woman Fire Battalion Chief

Arlan Hamilton Created A $36 Million Fund For Black Women Founders. Now She’s Making History On The Cover Of Fast Company.

19 Black Women Are Running For Judge In Harris County, Texas And Making History At The Same Time

John Legend Becomes First Black Man To Achieve EGOT Status

Three Black Women Designed A Shoe With LeBron James And It Sold Out In Minutes

Well-Deserved: Cicely Tyson Set To Receive Honorary Oscar

‘Change Is Coming’: Ayanna Pressley Set To Become The First Black Woman Elected To Congress From Massachusetts

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