Mary Magdalene Black (April 9, 1950- March 21, 2020) was an American advocate for underserved families and nonprofit pioneer.
[1] She founded and led the Black Family and Child Services of Arizona.
After graduating from Grambling State University with a degree in social work, she married Willie Black and moved to Louisiana.
She began a statewide program dedicated to placing Black children and founded the Arizona Minority Child Network, a forum for social workers to improve social services.
[2] In 1984, Black began working on what became the Black Family and Child Services of Arizona, which places children in foster and adoptive homes, provides therapy and substance abuse counseling, and hosts after-school programs and services to at-risk youth.