Wilmot Collins, 54, made history this year when he became the first black person to be elected mayor of a city in Montana. (businessinsider.com)
Was the first black person to play for Alabama, and the first to coach for the Tide as well, and beat Tennessee twice in the Third Saturday in October rivalry as a player. (sbnation.com)
The former councilman pointed to what he saw as «progress» during his first six months in the Assembly: the ex-Speaker Sheldon Silver «s fall from power amid corruption charges, the rise of new Speaker Carl Heastie — the first black person to hold the position — and the passage of bills related to missing persons and excavation. (observer.com)