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Zaila Avant-garde Just Became The First Black American Ever To Win The Scripps National Spelling Bee

Zaila Avant-garde Just Became The First Black A...

Zaila and the bee! Zaila Avant-garde just became the first Black American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the competition's history. The only previous Black winner was...

Zaila Avant-garde Just Became The First Black A...

Zaila and the bee! Zaila Avant-garde just became the first Black American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the competition's history. The only previous Black winner was...

Johnson County, Iowa Renames Itself After The First Black Woman To Earn A Ph.D. In The State

Johnson County, Iowa Renames Itself After The F...

Upholding legacies, we can be proud of! Johnson County, Iowa is renaming itself after a different Johnson, the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in the state, NPR reports. Johnson County...

Johnson County, Iowa Renames Itself After The F...

Upholding legacies, we can be proud of! Johnson County, Iowa is renaming itself after a different Johnson, the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in the state, NPR reports. Johnson County...

Brianna Jarvis Makes History As First Black Female Drum Major At Auburn University

Brianna Jarvis Makes History As First Black Fem...

She’s marching to the beat of her own drum! Brianna Jarvis is making history as the first Black female drum major at Auburn University (AU), Auburn University reports. Jarvis was a...

Brianna Jarvis Makes History As First Black Fem...

She’s marching to the beat of her own drum! Brianna Jarvis is making history as the first Black female drum major at Auburn University (AU), Auburn University reports. Jarvis was a...

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

This Howard Alum Became First Black Person With...

He's getting ready to revitalize one of America's favorite franchises! Howard University alum Nicholas Perkins recently acquired the Fuddruckers restaurant chain, making history as the first Black person with 100%...

This Howard Alum Became First Black Person With...

He's getting ready to revitalize one of America's favorite franchises! Howard University alum Nicholas Perkins recently acquired the Fuddruckers restaurant chain, making history as the first Black person with 100%...

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

Activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett Becomes The First...

She is cemented in history! Civil rights activist, educator, and pioneering journalist, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, had a monument dedicated in her honor in Chicago last Wednesday. It is the first...

Activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett Becomes The First...

She is cemented in history! Civil rights activist, educator, and pioneering journalist, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, had a monument dedicated in her honor in Chicago last Wednesday. It is the first...

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

Randy Moore Makes History As First Black Chief ...

Smokey the Bear has nothing on this guy! Randy Moore is making history as the first Black chief of the United States Forest Service in the agency’s 116-year history, Black Enterprise reports. ...

Randy Moore Makes History As First Black Chief ...

Smokey the Bear has nothing on this guy! Randy Moore is making history as the first Black chief of the United States Forest Service in the agency’s 116-year history, Black Enterprise reports. ...