Today in Afro History ! George Foreman knocks out Ken Norton in 2nd round of Heavyweight Championship fight in 1974 ! Thomas J. Martin patents the Fire Extinguisher in 1872 !
By el gritoToday’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Diana Ross ! Singer, Teddy Pendergrass ! NFL player, Marcus Allen ! NFL player, Von Miller ! Jazz Saxophonist, James Moody !
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Today in Afro History ! Sugar Ray Robinson wins his Fifth World Championship Title in 1958 !
English: American boxer Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989) being held aloft by other boxers. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Orlando FernandezToday’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Aretha Franklin ! NBA player/Coach, Avery Johnson ! NBA player, Kyle Lowry ! Actor, Haywood Nelson ! WNBA player, Sheryl Swoopes ! Actor, Laz Alonzo ! Actress, Lark Voorhies !
English: Aretha Franklin sings “My Country ‘Tis Of Thee'” at the U.S. Capitol during the 56th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: C. C. H. Pounder and Laz Alonso at a ceremony for James Cameron to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Halle Berry becomes the First Afro American woman to win an academy award for best actress in 2002 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Civil Rights activist, Dorothy Height ! TV Personality, Star Jones ! NBA player, Chris Bosh !
Eleanor Roosevelt receiving the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award from Dorothy Height, president of the National… – NARA – 196283 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Marcus Garvey, an Afro Jamaican born in St. Ann’s Bay Jamaica, arrives in America in 1916 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Kyrie Irving ! Singer, Chaka Khan ! NBA player, Moses Malone ! NFL player, Brandon Marshall ! NFL player, Maurice Jones-Drew !
English: Chaka Khan at a performance of The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker in December 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Maurice Jones-Drew answering guest questions at ESPN The Weekend on February 26, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today in Afro History ! The Post- Apartheid South African Government/ANC, takes control of the Ciskei homeland in 1994 !
English: school building of a settlement in former homeland Ciskei (South Africa) between Middledrift and King William’s Town Deutsch: Schulgebäude in einer Siedlung vom ehemaligen Homeland Ciskei (Südafrika) zwischen Middledrift und King William’s Town (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Guitarist, George Benson ! Singer, Stephanie Mills ! Actress, Kellie Shanygne Williams ! NBA player, Marcus Camby ! NBA player, Brian Shaw !
English: George Benson. Escenario Puerta del Ángel (Madrid), 06/07/09. Veranos de la Villa 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Los Angeles Lakers show some local DC kids a thing or two on the court before they head to the White House to be congratulated by President Obama. Brian Shaw screenshot. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Actor, James Baskett receives Academy Award in 1947 ! Namibia gains its independence from South Africa in 1990 !

Clockwise from left: Ginny (Luana Patten), Uncle Remus (James Baskett), Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) and Toby (Glenn Leedy) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Sand dunes in Namib Desert, Namibia Deutsch: Sanddünen in der Namib-Wüste, Namibia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Detaillierte Karte Namibias. (FINALE VERSION) Detailed map of Namibia. (FINAL VERSION) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cape Ground Squirrels close to Solitaire in the Namib desert, Namibia Deutsch: Borstenhörnchen in der nähe von Solitaire, Namibwüste, Namibia Français : Des ecureuils de terre près de Solitaire, en Namibie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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James Baskett as Uncle Remus












