Today in Afro History ! John Thompson becomes the first Afro American Head Coach to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in 1984 !
By Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum/White HouseToday’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Marvin Gaye ! Police Brutality Victim, Rodney King !
By Tamla – Billboard, page 1, 27 April 1974,
By photo by-J. Edward Bailey
Marvin Gaye
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Reggae Artist, Jimmy Cliff ! Poet, Gil Scott-Heron ! NBA player/Coach, Mark Jackson ! Actor, David Oyelowo ! NFL player, Sean Taylor ! Jazz Singer, Alberta Hunter !
Sean Taylor (en) with the Washington Redskins football (American) team until his death in November 2007, formerly with the University of Miami Hurricanes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
David Oyelowo at the International Press Academy’s 12th Annual Satellite Awards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Alberta Hunter in 1979
Today in Afro History ! Thomas Mundy Peterson becomes the first Afro American to vote because of the 15th Amendment in 1870 !
By The pictures are over 100 years old and so authorship is uncertain.
By The pictures are over 100 years old and so authorship is uncertain.
Today’s Afro Birthday ! Jack Johnson, first Afro American Heavyweight Champion ! Actor, Tony Cox ! NBA player, Steve Smith !
English: Jack Johnson, 1915 Source:Library of Congress – George Grantham Bain Collection Restrictions: Per LOC reproduction #LC-USZ62-29331 – no known restrictions on photograph Publish date: March 31, 1915 Photographer: Unknown Publisher:Unknown (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted in 1870, which prohibits the denying of any citizen the right to vote based on race or color !
1870 celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment as a guarantee of African American voting rights (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Alfred Waud
The First Vote
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Tracy Chapman ! Rapper, MC Hammer ! NFL player, Richard Sherman ! Actress, Leleti Khumalo ! Sprinter, Obadele Thompson ! Former U.S. Ambassador, Mercer Cook !
By Keith Allison
By © Hans Hillewaert
By BrianmcmillenToday’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Actress, Pearl Bailey ! NBA player, Walt Frazier ! NFL player, Earl Campbell ! NFL player, Justin Tuck !
photograph of Pearl Bailey following a performance of “It’s A Woman’s Prerogative” in the 1946 stage production of “St. Louis Woman” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Giants Stadium – Justin Tuck at the Giants Rally after victory in Super Bowl XLII. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By William Morris Agency
Pearl Bailey
Today in Afro History ! Bill Russell becomes the first Afro American to coach an NBA team in 1966 !
Bill Russell waiting in the Green Room of the White House. He is about to receive the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Cpl. Lameen WitterToday’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper, Cheryl “Salt” James ! NBA player/Coach, Byron Scott !
By David Burke





