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Juliana Stratton Gets Sworn in as Illinois' Fir...
Photo via: Julianna Stratton On Monday, Juliana Stratton was officially sworn in as the first Black Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Stratton also became Illinois' third consecutive woman lieutenant governor and the...
Juliana Stratton Gets Sworn in as Illinois' Fir...
Photo via: Julianna Stratton On Monday, Juliana Stratton was officially sworn in as the first Black Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Stratton also became Illinois' third consecutive woman lieutenant governor and the...
Barbara Gardner Proctor Was The First Black Wom...
Photo: WTTW News Barbara Gardner Proctor blazed her own trail in 1970 when she launched her own business and became the first Black woman to own an advertising agency. Despite being born to...
Barbara Gardner Proctor Was The First Black Wom...
Photo: WTTW News Barbara Gardner Proctor blazed her own trail in 1970 when she launched her own business and became the first Black woman to own an advertising agency. Despite being born to...
Misty Copeland and Calvin Royal III Will Be The...
Photo: Rebecca Miller/Disney Enterprises In 2015, Misty Copeland made history twice when she became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), and along...
Misty Copeland and Calvin Royal III Will Be The...
Photo: Rebecca Miller/Disney Enterprises In 2015, Misty Copeland made history twice when she became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), and along...
Michigan State’s First Black Rodeo Queen Could ...
Photo: Lauren Jeziorski In February of 2018, then Michigan State University sophomore, Khalilah Smith, became the first Black woman to be named MSU’s Rodeo Queen. As a result of...
Michigan State’s First Black Rodeo Queen Could ...
Photo: Lauren Jeziorski In February of 2018, then Michigan State University sophomore, Khalilah Smith, became the first Black woman to be named MSU’s Rodeo Queen. As a result of...
Missy Elliott Will Be ‘Supa Dupa Fly’ As The Fi...
Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images It's official! Missy Elliott will be the first woman rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. "CBS This Morning" announced the historic news on Saturday...
Missy Elliott Will Be ‘Supa Dupa Fly’ As The Fi...
Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images It's official! Missy Elliott will be the first woman rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. "CBS This Morning" announced the historic news on Saturday...
Lisa Myers Makes History As First Woman, First ...
Photo: Doug Kapustin/Baltimore Sun Media Group After retiring from the police force last January, former Howard County, Maryland police captain Lisa Myers is returning to work as the county’s first...
Lisa Myers Makes History As First Woman, First ...
Photo: Doug Kapustin/Baltimore Sun Media Group After retiring from the police force last January, former Howard County, Maryland police captain Lisa Myers is returning to work as the county’s first...