Black History Everyday

Coy Payne served two terms as Mayor of Chandler becoming the first black mayor of Arizona from 1990 to 1994.

Vivienne Malone-Mayes, Ph.D., (1932 – 1995) became Baylor University's first black faculty member in 1966.

Wiley Daniel (1946 – 2019) was the first black Federal District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in…

Peggy Alford is set to become the first black woman to join Facebook's board of directors in 2019.

Billie Jean was the first video played by a Black artist on MTV. It debuted in 1983. MTV started in 1981.