Mifflin Wistar Gibbs was perhaps the most preeminent of British Columbia’s Black pioneers. Arriving from San Francisco in 1858, he made his mark on his adopted province as a prosperous businessman, politician and tireless advocate of the Black community. After returning to the United States, he became the first Black man to be elected as a municipal judge, served as an important member in the Arkansas Republican party and was appointed US consul for Madagascar. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress, C.M. Bell Studio Collection, LC-B5-48248B