Today in Afro History ! Wilt Chamberlain scores his 30,000th point in 1972 ! Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis to win World Championship Title in 1970 !
English: Joe Frazier was awarded the Order of the Palmetto in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
edited (colour) picture Image:Wilt Chamberlain.jpg Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player wearing uniform of Harlem Globetrotters. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Levar Burton! NFL player, Jerome Bettis ! Rapper, Ice-T ! Singer, James Ingram !
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Publicity photo from the premiere of The Nat King Cole Show. Cole was the first African-American to host a program of this type. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Model, Selita Ebanks ! Activist, Claudia Jones ! NFL player, Darrell Green ! Actress/Singer, Amber Riley !
By Porter Hovey
Today in Afro History ! Aretha Franklin records ” Respect ” in 1967 ! Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta in Middleweight title fight in 1951 !

English: version of American boxer Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989) being held aloft by other boxers. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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: Picture of Aretha Franklin performing at the Nokia Theater in Dallas, Texas, on April 21, 2007. Photo taken by Ryan Arrowsmith. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: American boxer Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989) in the ring at Madison Square Garden for last time. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Abolitionist/Author, Frederick Douglas ! Actor/Tap Dancer, Gregory Hines ! NFL player, Steve McNair ! NFL player, Jadeveon Clowney ! NFL player, Alshon Jeffery !
South Carolina Gamecocks signee Jadeveon Clowney attempts to sack Tennessee Volunteers signee Justin Worley in a high school football game in Rock Hill, South Carolina on August 28, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Ian McCormick, retired American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens (at time of photo) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today in Afro History ! The “New York Renaissance” aka ” The Harlem Rens “an all Afro American pro basketball team was established in 1923 ! Joseph L. Searles III becomes the first Afro American member of the New York Stock Exchange in 1970 !
Photo is of the Renaissance Ballroom where the ” Harlem Rens ” played. The building is currently being debated wether to demolish it or preserve it as a historical landmark.
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Todays Afro Birthday’s ! NFL player, Randy Moss ! NFL player, Aqib Talib ! Rapper, Freedom Williams !
Randy Moss #81 of the New England Patriots before a preseason game against the Washington Redskins at FedExField on August 28, 2009 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Keith Allison
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 – 1963), co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in 1918. Deutsch: Der Soziologe William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963), Mitbegründer der afroamerikanischen Bürgerrechtsorganisation National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), aufgenommen 1918 von C.M. Battey (1873–1927). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Robert Griffin III ! NBA player, Bill Russell ! Talk Show Host/Actor, Arsenio Hall ! NFL player, DeMarco Murray ! Singer, Elle Varner !
English: Baylor quarterback, Robert Griffin III, signing autographs at the 2009 Meet the Bears scrimmage (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By [Samuel Barfield IIIToday in Afro History ! Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years as a political prisoner in 1990.
Português: Brasília – O presidente da África do Sul, Nelson Mandela, é recebido na capital federal. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square, London. Sculptor: Ian Walters (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Kelly Rowland ! Singer, Brandy ! NBA player, Ben McLemore ! Singer, D’Angelo !
Kelly Rowland, backstage at T4 on the Beach in Weston-Super-Mare, England, July 2008. Photo copyright Jamey Howard. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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