Black Firsts

Karine Jean-Pierre

Inside Karine Jean-Pierre’s historic first day as White House press secretary: ‘Representation matters’

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Karine Jean-Pierre

Karine Jean-Pierre to make history as first Black, openly LGBTQ+ White House press secretary

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Adrian Matejka named first Black editor of Poetry magazine

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AP-NORC Poll: Many support Jackson confirmation

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Ella Jones theGrio.com
Ella Jones (Image from Facebook)

Ferguson elects Ella Jones as its first Black mayor

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Michael Tubbs Stockton thegrio.com
Stockton, CA Mayor Michael Tubbs (Photo: mdtubbs.com.)

Stockton’s first Black mayor offers the city’s public high school grads college scholarships

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Donald Glover and Lena Waithe make Black history at Emmys

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Allison Madison becomes Mound City’s first black, woman mayor

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Johns Hopkins admits its first black female neurosurgeon

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Harvard Law Review elects its first black woman president

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