Today in Afro History ! Actor, Billy Dee Williams receives a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985 !
English: Actor Billy Dee Williams at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan. Photographed by Luigi Novi. This photo may only be used if the photographer is properly credited. (See Licensing information below.) Category:2009 Big Apple Convention Category:Billy Dee Williams (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Sarah Vaughan ! Singer, Mariah Carey ! NFL player, Randall Cunningham ! Dancer, Harold Nicholas ! Dancer/Choreographer, Arthur Mitchell !
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By George Treadwell (manager) Photo by James Kriegsmann, New YorkToday 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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