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  1. \u201cClotel\u201d (or, \u201cThe President\u2019s Daughter<\/a>\u201d<\/em>)\u00a0was the first novel published by an African American, in 1853. It was written by abolitionist and lecturer William Wells Brown.<\/li>\n
  2. William Tucker was the first known Black person to be born in the 13 colonies. He was born in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1624.\u00a0According to BlackPast.org<\/a>, his parents were indentured servants and part of the first group of Africans brought to colonial soil by Great Britain.<\/li>\n
  3. Anthony Benezet, a white Quaker, abolitionist, and educator, is credited with\u00a0creating the first public school<\/a>\u00a0for African American children\u00a0in the early 1770s.<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1850 with a literary degree,\u00a0Lucy Stanton became the first Black woman<\/a>\u00a0in America to earn a four-year college degree.<\/li>\n
  5. Dubbed “Hip-Hop’s First Godmother” by\u00a0<\/a>Billboard<\/a>, singer and music producer Sylvia Robinson produced the first-ever commercially successful rap record:\u00a0“Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang.<\/a>\u00a0And along with her husband, she co-owned the first hip-hop label, Sugar Hill Records.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Resource: 24 Black History Facts You May Not Know – Oprah Magazine
    \nhttps:\/\/www.oprahmag.com\u00a0\u203a life \u203a black-history-facts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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