Black History Month

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  1. 5. was the first Black general in the US Army
  2. 9. was the first Black author
  3. 11. was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States
  4. 12. was the first African American woman to orbit in space aboard the shuttle Endeavour
  5. 13. was the first Black person to be a combat pilot
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  1. 1. was the first black woman to be elected to Congress
  2. 2. was the first Black woman to be promoted to Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
  3. 3. was the first African American photographer
  4. 4. made a famous speech that changed the USA
  5. 6. was the first Black man to become the First National PTA president
  6. 7. was the first woman to be detained for her resistance
  7. 8. was the first Black woman to attend Yale Law School in 1931
  8. 10. was the first licensed Black pilot
  9. 13. was the first Black person graduate from the US Naval Academy