February 3, 1985 - Desmond Mpilo Tutu Becomes First Black Anglican Bishop of South Africa

Desmond Mpilo Tutu became the first black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 3, 1985. While this is certainly a ground-breaking achievement, it is far from his only one. He also received the Nobel Peace Prize, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, the Gandhi Peace Prize, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Tomorrow on Christian History Today we will explore just how different South Africa looked only sixty years prior.