Black History Everyday

John Mbiti 1931-2019. The "father of African theology".

Natalie Braswell in 2021 became Connecticut’s first Black comptroller.

Ngozi Ezike the first Black woman appointed to lead the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Solomon Bates, born 1997. Second minor league baseball player to publicly come out as gay in 2022.

Katanji Brown Jackson born in 1970. First Black woman on the United States Supreme Court.

Biyi Bandele 1967-2022. Nigerian novelist playwright and filmmaker.