Today in Afro History ! Abolitionist/Author, Frederick Douglas passes away in 1895.
Frederick Douglas Memorial Hall at Howard University in Washington, DC. This building, along with three others, was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2001. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By C.M. Battey
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Rihanna ! Actor, Sidney Poitier ! NBA player, Charles Barkley ! NBA player, Stephon Marbury ! Singer, Nancy Wilson !

Sidney Poitier’s image, cropped from Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963, an image in Public Domain (see credits below, of the original). The original is uploaded here at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Poitier_Belafonte_Heston_Civil_Rights_March_1963.jpg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Actor Sidney Poitier receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Charles Barkley, former NBA basketball player who played for Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers, currently works as a sports commentator for ESPN. עברית: צ’ארלס בארקלי, שחקן נ.ב.א. לשעבר ששיחק עבור פניקס סאנס, יוסטון רוקטס ופילדלפיה 76′, כיום עובד כפרשן עבור ערוץ הטלוויזיה ESPN. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Jørund F Pedersen
Today in Afro History ! Activist W.E.B. Du Bois organizes the first Pan-African Congress in 1919 ! John Singleton becomes the first Afro American Director, nominated for an Academy Award in 1992 !

English: Oscar-nominated film director John Singleton, taken during a USC Football rally (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Cornelius Marion
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Producer, Smokey Robinson ! Singer, Seal ! Actor, Leslie David Baker !
Smokey Robinson in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on August 17, 2006. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Miracles in the early 1960s. Clockwise from top left: Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin, Ronald White, Claudette Rogers, and Smokey Robinson. At the time of this photograph, Miracles member Pete Moore (not pictured) was serving in the US Army after being drafted. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Speed Skater, Shani Davis becomes the first Afro athlete to win an individual gold medal in the Winter Olympics in 2006 !
By Nancy Pelosi
By Mingo HagenToday’s Afro Birthdays ! Author, Toni Morrison ! Singer, Irma Thomas ! NFL player, Le’Veon Bell ! Producer/Rapper, Dr. Dre !
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Toni Morrison
English: Thelonious Monk, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, ca. September 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Thelonious Monk and Howard McGhee at Minton’s Playhouise, ca. September 1947. Photography by William P. Gotlieb. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947 (Photograph by William P. Gottlieb) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By William P. Gottlieb
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA Legend, Michael Jordan ! NFL Legend, Jim Brown ! Singer, Chante Moore ! Activist, Huey Newton !
English: Picture of Michael Jordan at a basketball game. Français : Photo de Michael Jordan lors d’un match de basket. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Michael Jordan at Boston Garden
By Steve Lipofsky at basketballphoto.com
Original six members of the Black Panther Party (November, 1966) Top left to right: Elbert “Big Man” Howard; Huey P. Newton (Defense Minister), Sherman Forte, Bobby Seale (Chairman). Bottom: Reggie Forte and Little Bobby Hutton (Treasurer) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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 !
By Josh Hallett
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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