Kenyan writer, author, journalist, and queer rights activist Binyavanga Wainaina, 1971 – 2019.

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

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

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Wiley Daniel (1946 – 2019) was the first black Federal District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in 1995.

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

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

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Dr. June Jackson Christmas is a psychiatrist born in 1924. She is the founder of a community Psychiatric program, Harlem Rehabilitation.

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Roy Wilkins 1901 – 1981 was a civil rights activist. He was Executive Secretary of the NAACP from 1955 – 1963 and Executive Director 1966 – 1977.

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Jordan Tesfay became the first Black plus-sized CoverGirl in 2010.

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John Carlos former track and field athlete and former professional Canadian Football League player. Along with Tommie Smith did black power salute on the podium during the 1968 Olympics.

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