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February is Black History Month. Here are four firsts in Black history. These famous people led the way.
She won a big match.
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Althea Gibson was the first Black tennis champion at Wimbledon. She won the big match in 1957.
She changed schools.
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In 1960, Ruby Bridges became the youngest Black child to go to a white school in the South.
He led a country.
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Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, from 2009 to 2017. He was the country’s first Black president.
She leads the library.
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Carla Hayden became the first Black Librarian of Congress, in 2016. She heads the world’s biggest library.