Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Model/Actress, Melyssa Ford ! NFL player, Justin Gilbert !
Today in Afro History ! The United Nations passes a resolution condemning South Africa’s apartheid in 1962 !

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Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Lamar Odom ! Actress, Thandie Newton ! 1904 Olympic medalist, George Poage ! Soccer Player, Jozy Altidore !
Today in Afro History! Shirley Chisholm becomes the first Afro American woman elected to U.S. Congress in 1968 !
Today in Afro History ! Barack Obama becomes the first Afro American elected as President of the United States in 2008 !
English: Cropped version of File:Official portrait of Barack Obama.jpg. The image was cropped at a 3:4 portrait ratio, it was slightly sharpened and the contrast and colors were auto-adjusted in photoshop. This crop, in contrast to the original image, centers the image on Obama’s face and also removes the flag that takes away the focus from the portrait subject. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Dez Bryant ! NFL player, Vince Wilfork ! NFL player, Devin Hester ! Actress, Berlinda Tolbert ! Rapper/Producer, Sean Combs !
Today in Afro History ! Carol Mosley Braun becomes the first Afro American woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Colin Kaepernick ! Boxer, Larry Holmes ! NBA player, Ty Lawson ! Actor, Mike Evans !
English: Larry Holmes, the heavy-weight boxing champion, after he received an award from the United States Jaycees as Oustanding Young Men of the Year. Location: TULSA (excerpt from the original text) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Mike Evans
Ty Lawson
Colin Kaepernik
Today in Afro History ! Martin Luther King Jr. Day signed into law as national holiday in 1983 !
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet before a press conference. Both men had come to hear the Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was the only time the two men ever met; their meeting lasted only one minute. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Dr. Martin Luther King giving his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963. Español: Dr. Martin Luther King dando su discurso “Yo tengo un sueño” durante la Marcha sobre Washington por el trabajo y la libertad en Washington, D.C., 28 de agosto de 1963. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
President Lyndon B. Johnson and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. meet at the White House, 1966 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)




















