A Touch of Elegance..Event Planner/Director

04/07/2023

02/07/2023

First Woman Representative: Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives. She was elected in 1968 and represented the state of New York. She broke ground again four years later in 1972 when she was the first major party African American candidate and the first female candidate for president of the United States.

02/02/2023

In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first Black person to win an Oscar, for her supporting role in Gone With the Wind.

Twenty-four years later, Sidney Poitier became the first Black man to win an Oscar, for his leading role in Lilies of the Field.

11/01/2022

Page is hacked again. I don't know any of these people on my page maybe my clean up was done for me.