Alexa Irene Canady, the first Black woman neurosurgeon, born in Lansing, MI, on November 7,1950.Canady has also served as National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

Macon B.Allen, the first Black licensed to practice law in the United States died in Washington,DC, October 10,1894.

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Hazel W.Johnson achieved the rank of Brigadier General (U.S. Army) on September 1,1979,becoming the first Black woman General in U.S. history.

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Alexis M.Herman,U.S.Labor Secretary,was instrumental in ending a 15-day United Parcel Service (UPS) strike on August 19,1997.

James Howard Meredith, the first Black person admitted to the University of Mississippi, graduated on August  18,1963.Meredith was the school’s first Black graduate.

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The Democratic National Convention’s Rules Committee approved the nomination of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke as Co-Chairperson of the convention on June 24,1972.

Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track and field in one year, was born in Clarksville, TN, on  June 23,1940.Rudolph accomplished the feat although stricken with polio at an early age.

Eva Beatrice Dykes, the first Black woman to meet requirements for a Phd.D., received a Ph.D. in English from Radcliffe College in Massachusetts on June 22,1921.Dykes,however,received her degree eight days after Georgianna R. Simpson.