Timuel Dixon Black Jr. (December 7, 1918 – October 13, 2021) was an American educator, civil rights activist, historian and author.

Their first move was "from tenant farms where they chopped cotton to the market town of Florence, Alabama, and then on from there to the city of Birmingham", where his "daddy worked for Bessemer Steel".

His parents' second migration was to Chicago in order "to be able fight back against white attackers, to get better jobs and be able to vote, and to get a better education for their children.

[6] Black served in World War II, and he received four Battle Stars, the Croix de Guerre, and the Legion of Honour.

After receiving his bachelor's degree, Black began working at Roosevelt High School in Gary, Indiana, in 1954.

Black's organizing of support and likely voters helped convince Washington to make his successful mayoral bid.

Deployed in black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Chicago, the faulty ballots prevented residents from casting valid votes in the 2000 presidential election.

"[13] Sacred Ground is a memoir of interviews with Black about the African-American history of the South side of Chicago conducted by Susan Klonsky and edited by Bart Schultz was published in 2019.