Category: Featured
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Cleopatra Callaway, Ector County’s first Black treasurer, reflects on her family’s roots, faith, and dedication to serving her Texas community.
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A blue plaque now honours the 12 Windrush men who built the UK’s first Black housing association, marking a powerful legacy of self-determination and community strength.
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York, an enslaved man in the Lewis and Clark expedition, was the first Black person to enter North Dakota and reach the Pacific.
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Sir Geoff Palmer, Jamaica-born grain scientist who became Scotland’s first Black professor at Heriot-Watt University, dies at 85 after pioneering career in brewing science and civil rights advocacy.
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Discover the story of Osborne Brooks and Jonestown, Orlando’s first Black neighborhood, through segregation, service, and remembrance.
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A new documentary honors John L. Colbert, Fayetteville’s first Black superintendent, showcasing his 50-year legacy in public education.
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The Bryant family from Alabama celebrates the first birthday of the world’s most premature quadruplets, born 115 days early. Their dad, Lavareis Bryant, stayed strong through crisis.
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Gary Edwin Robinson, a Bed-Stuy theatre teacher, becomes the first Black New Yorker to win a Tony for Excellence in Theatre Education, honoring his decades of impact.
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Winston Daley becomes the first Black person elected to Milton’s Select Board. From Jamaican roots to civic leadership, his inspiring journey continues.
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Juliette Powell, the first Black Miss Canada and a MuchMusic VJ, dies at 54. Her legacy spans beauty, media, and tech ethics.
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