Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Nia Long ! Singer, Otis Williams ! Jazz Trumpeter, Clifford Brown ! Actor, Michael Beach !
Nia Long and Vivica A. Fox backstage at the 2009 Heart Truth fashion show. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Otis Williams
Today in Afro History ! The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar changes it’s name to The United Republic of Tanzania in 1964 ! Muhammad Ali wins first pro fight in 1960 !
English: Bust portrait of Muhammad Ali, World Journal Tribune photo by Ira Rosenberg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Tanzania (orthographic projection) Português: Tanzânia (projeção ortográfica) Español: Tanzania (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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An enlargeable map of the United Republic of Tanzania (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption]
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Gabrielle Union ! Singer, Melba Moore ! Actress, Tracee Ellis Ross ! Singer, Randy, Jackson !
Actress Tracee Ellis Ross enters the Bryant Park tents during the Fall 2007 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week show featuring designer Michael Kors. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Omega Psi Phi fraternity is incorporated in 1914 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Terrell Davis ! NBA player, Jarrett Jack ! Actress, Telma Hopkins ! Comedian, Sheryl Underwood !
Jacksonville Fla. (Jan. 31, 2005) – Former Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis autographs Broncos Memorabilia for Lt. Andrew Bertapelle, assigned to Naval Hospital Jacksonville. National Football League (NFL) players visited patients as well as staff members of the hospital during Super Bowl XXXIX festivities. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire in 1971 ! St. Vincent and the Grenadines gains independence from the United Kingdom in 1979 !
Primary school students in a classroom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger meets with President Mobutu of Zaire in his Pentagon office, Room 3E880. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Ruby Dee ! Actress/Model, Jayne Kennedy ! NBA player, Andrew Bynum ! NBA player, Evan Turner ! NBA player, Lou Williams !
English: Actress Ruby Dee speaks to attendees at a special luncheon hosted by Georgia Cares and Rep. David Scott. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Actress Ruby Dee CREATED/PUBLISHED 1962 Sept. 25. Carl Van Vechten Collection, photographer. Dee, Ruby (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Andrew Bynum in 2010 Camera: Sony DSC-T300 License on Flickr (2011-02-16): CC-BY-2.0 Flickr tags: los angeles lakers, sacramento kings, basketball, andrew bynum (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Hattie McDaniel, the first Afro American to win an Academy Award passes away in 1952. Benjamin Bannecker, scientist/surveyor passes away in 1806.
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Gospel singer, Mahalia Jackson ! Funk singer/musician, Bootsy Collins ! NBA player, Monta Ellis !
Today in Afro History ! Nelson Mandela is sentenced to 5 years in prison in 1962 ! Uganda joins the United Nation in 1962 !
English: Uganda (orthographic projection) Português: Uganda (projeção ortográfica) Español: Uganda (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Português: Brasília – O presidente da África do Sul, Nelson Mandela, é recebido na capital federal. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Ciara ! Actor, Michael Boatman ! Comedian/Actor, Craig Robinson ! Sports Columnist, J.A. Adande !
Today in Afro History ! Rosa Parks passes away in 2005. Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and is renamed The Republic of Zambia in 1964 !
English: Photograph of Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King jr. (ca. 1955) Mrs. Rosa Parks altered the negro progress in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955, by the bus boycott she unwillingly began. National Archives record ID: 306-PSD-65-1882 (Box 93). Source: Ebony Magazine Ελληνικά: Φωτογραφία της Rosa Parks με τον Dr. Martin Luther King jr. (περ. 1955.) Español: Fotografía de Rosa Parks con Martin Luther King jr. (aprox. 1955). Français : Photographie Rosa Parks (ca. 1955) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Zambia (orthographic projection) Português: Zâmbia (projeção ortográfica) Español: Zambia (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)





















