Photos: three firsts: first African-American mayor in Wisconsin Frances Huntly-Cooper, first African-American mayor of New York David N. Dinkins, and first African-American judge in Dane County Judge Paul Higginbotham; Vel Phillips ('51) and Professor Emeritus James E. Jones, Jr. ('56); Professor William Whitford; Martha Castillo ('81); Kenya Smith ('99); Nathaniel Friends Sr.; Nathaniel Friends Jr.; Millie Kennedy ('01); Solon Phillips ('01); Beatrice Diaz ('01); Yer Vang ('01); Tonya Sloans ('01)