The world of African American firsts is incredibly vast, and if it were not for the disparaging gap of societal contributions from African Americans versus many of other ethnicities, there would be no need for the distinction in marveling at the enormous contributions African Americans have made in our society...

Xavier Waye, at the tender age of 13, is the youngest African American published author (male) of a fiction-based book series in the United States. Xavier is also the youngest and the first African American CEO under the age of 18 of a publishing company in the United States.