In 1975, Elder played at the Masters, becoming the first Black player to play at round at the famed tournament and course located in Augusta, Georgia.
After receiving his undergraduate from Northwestern State University and then going on to serve 23 years in various roles as a faculty member, Dr. Marcus Jones not only has become the school's newest president but also makes history as its first-ever Black commander-in-chief.
Duke Slater—the National Football League’s first Black lineman—was posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is slated to make history as the first all-Black classical symphony orchestra to perform at Carnegie Hall.
A Washington park has been renamed to honor Rosa Franklin; the state’s first Black woman senator.
William Tate IV has been appointed to become Louisiana State University’s president; making him the first Black person to assume the position in the school’s 161-year history.
For the first time in its 142-year history, The Art Institute of Chicago has a Black woman board chair.
For the first time in its 182-year history, Duke University has named a campus building after a trailblazing Black woman.
Aviator Madeline Swegle made history as the U.S. Navy’s first Black woman tactical air pilot.
A. Benjamin Spencer is the first Black dean in William & Mary Law School’s 241-year history.
Amber Johnson recently became the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in computer science at Purdue University.
Maryland native Kahlil Greene has made history by becoming Yale University’s first Black student president.
