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Olympic Dreams Drive 10-Year-Old To Break A National Record At Track and Field Competition

Olympic Dreams Drive 10-Year-Old To Break A Nat...

Photo via: ABC News/WPVI   A 10 year-old from Camden, New Jersey made history at the National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships last weekend when she broke a 24-year-old national age group record....

Olympic Dreams Drive 10-Year-Old To Break A Nat...

Photo via: ABC News/WPVI   A 10 year-old from Camden, New Jersey made history at the National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships last weekend when she broke a 24-year-old national age group record....

Beyoncé Gets Full Control Over Vogue's September Cover And Hires Magazine's First Black Cover Shoot Photographer

Beyoncé Gets Full Control Over Vogue's Septembe...

Photo via: Getty Images  Vogue Magazine editor, Anna Wintour, recently granted Beyoncé unprecedented autonomy to choose the photographer who will shoot her cover photographs and also edit the cover story...

Beyoncé Gets Full Control Over Vogue's Septembe...

Photo via: Getty Images  Vogue Magazine editor, Anna Wintour, recently granted Beyoncé unprecedented autonomy to choose the photographer who will shoot her cover photographs and also edit the cover story...

The First Black Woman To Win Miss Universe Great Britain Celebrates Passing Her Bar Exam

The First Black Woman To Win Miss Universe Grea...

Photo credit: Kevin Wise  Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers is the definition of beauty and brains. This month, she not only made history as the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Great...

The First Black Woman To Win Miss Universe Grea...

Photo credit: Kevin Wise  Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers is the definition of beauty and brains. This month, she not only made history as the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Great...

Blazing The Trail: Evelyn Magley Becomes The First Black Woman In The U.S. To Own A Men's Professional Sports League

Blazing The Trail: Evelyn Magley Becomes The Fi...

  Photo via: @tbasketballleague/Instagram  As co-founder and CEO of the newly formed minor professional basketball organization, The Basketball League (TBL), Evelyn Magley has recently made history as the first Black woman...

Blazing The Trail: Evelyn Magley Becomes The Fi...

  Photo via: @tbasketballleague/Instagram  As co-founder and CEO of the newly formed minor professional basketball organization, The Basketball League (TBL), Evelyn Magley has recently made history as the first Black woman...

Abby Dione: The First Black Woman To Own An Indoor Rock Climbing Gym In The U.S.

Abby Dione: The First Black Woman To Own An Ind...

All photos via: Melanin Base Camp When Abby Dione bought Coral Cliffs Climbing Gym in Fort Lauderdale, Florida back in 2011, she became the first Black woman in the United States to own...

Abby Dione: The First Black Woman To Own An Ind...

All photos via: Melanin Base Camp When Abby Dione bought Coral Cliffs Climbing Gym in Fort Lauderdale, Florida back in 2011, she became the first Black woman in the United States to own...

Mississippi Cowgirl Aspires To Become The First African American Woman In The National Finals Rodeo

Mississippi Cowgirl Aspires To Become The First...

  Photo via: Sherry Anderson  Natchez, Mississippi native LaBrelah Hutchins’ life-long dream is to become the first African-American woman to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo. At the tender age of...

Mississippi Cowgirl Aspires To Become The First...

  Photo via: Sherry Anderson  Natchez, Mississippi native LaBrelah Hutchins’ life-long dream is to become the first African-American woman to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo. At the tender age of...