The Center for the Church and the Black Experience celebrates Black History Month 2013

NKOSI JOHNSON'S BIRTHDAY

February 4, 1989 - June 1, 2001 (12)

Nkosi Johnson (February 4, 1989(1989-02-04) – June 1, 2001) was a South African child victim of HIV/AIDS, who made a powerful impact on public perceptions of the pandemic and its effects before his death at the age of 12. He was ranked fifth amongst SABC3's Great South Africans. [1] At the time of his death, he was the longest-surviving HIV-positive born child

2007 – FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN HEAD COACH TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL

Tony Dungy becomes the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl when his Colts defeated the Chicago Bears on February 4, 2007.

1913 – ROSA PARKS – CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER WHO SPARKED THE 1955 MONTGOMERY, AL BUS BOYCOTT IS BORN.  

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Throughout the month of February, Garrett-Evangelical's Center for the Church and the Black Experience will be providing Daily Knowledge Nuggets in honor of Black History Month. Content provided by: blackhistorydaily.com, aetnaafricanamericancalendar.com/2013, and theblackmarket.com/February.