Andrew Watson (1856-1921) in British Guiana (now Guyana) is the first Black international footballer in 1881. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

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Tiffany Haddish born in 1979, Tiffany Sara Cornelia Haddish is an Eritrean-American Jew. In 2026 she became the first comedian to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

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Layla-Roxanne Hill born in 1984 is a Black Scottish writer, broadcaster, and activist. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

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Jacqueline Margaret Kay aka Jackie Kay, born in 1961. Black Scottish lesbian writer is Scotland’s first Black Makar. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

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Mizero Ncuti Gatwa aka Ncuti Gatwa born in 1992 is an openly gay Rwandan-Scottish actor. The first Black lead of Doctor Who. BlackHistoryEveryday.com

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Maud Sulter (1960-2008) Scottish Ghanian photographer, poet, playwright, and curator.

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Joseph Knight (1769-1778) was born in Guinea and enslaved in Jamaica whose 1778 court case, Knight v. Wedderburn, established that chattel slavery was not recognized by Scottish law. BlackHistoryEveryday.com because Black History is made everyday.

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