“I wanted to make sure that being the first Black female to own a brewery in South Africa, that I’m not the first and the last,” she said.

And Rowe is the first Black driver to win an IndyNXT race. Pato O'Ward, a native of Monterrey, Mexico, who moved to San Antonio at age 11, won the first IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway in 2022.

Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes was sworn in as the first African-American female president of The Florida Bar. Baker-Barnes hopes to empower the next generation of lawyers and increase diversity in the ...

South Africa’s first Black female beer brewery owner is aiming to shake up the industry. At her Brewsters Academy in Johannesburg, Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela trains young Black science graduates ...

South Africa’s first Black female beer brewery owner is aiming to shake up the industry.

Carol McCutcheon was sworn in as Sugar Land’s first female mayor on June 17, marking a historic milestone for the city.