Celebrate San Diego: Black Heroes

The Celebrate San Diego: Black History and Heritage Heroes panels were on display at the San Diego History Center from 2021-2024. Nominated by community members, represented here are influential Black activists, athletes, doctors, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, pioneers, politicians, and scientists from San Diego’s past and present.

Do you have a Hero in San Diego’s Black community? We are still actively collection nominations as part of the Missing Pieces Project. To nominate a Hero, click the button below.

Left: Studio portrait of Cordelia Johnson, in about 1887. She and her husband, Solomon, helped form San Diego's first Black church, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.