10 phenomenal Black women who have made an impact through sports

Sandra Douglass Morgan

Sandra Douglass Morgan is the president of the Las Vegas Raiders. She is the first black woman to hold a job with an NFL team and the third African-American and third woman to run an NFL team.

Also, she was Nevada’s African-American attorney from 2013 to 2016. She previously served as the head of the Nevada Gaming Control Board as well as the director of external relations for AT&T Services Inc. in southern Nevada.

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She also worked for MGM Resorts International.