Today in Afro History ! Sidney Poitier becomes first Afro American to win Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964 ! Tiger Woods becomes the first Afro American to win a Golf Major in 1997 !
Tiger Woods stand in front of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard during the ending ceremony preceding the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am Tournament, part of the AT&T National PGA Tour event, July 4, 2007, at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD. The tournament event is in honor of soldiers and military families. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Actor Sidney Poitier receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By United States Department of the Interior National Park Service
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Al Green ! Singer, Peabo Bryson ! NFL player, Josh Gordon ! NBA player, Baron Davis ! NBA player, Tony Wroten !
By Erik Daniel Drost
By Mike Douglas ShowToday’s Afro Birthdays ! Musician, Herbie Hancock ! NFL player, Charles Mann !
Today’s Afro BIrthdays ! The first Afro American woman judge in the U.S. , Jayne Bolin ! Actor, Meshach Taylor ! Journalist, Tony Brown ! Sprinter, Torrin Lawrence !
Meshach Taylor By Lia Chang
Today in Afro History ! Lee Elder becomes the first Afro American to play in golf’s Masters Tournament ! (Augusta Georgia 1975)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Reggae Singer, Bunny Wailer ! Singer/Songwriter, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds ! Actor, Orlando Jones ! NBA player, Nerlens Noel ! MLB player, Ken Griffey Sr. !
By Angela George
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds
By Peter VerwimpToday in Afro History ! Ibrahim Bare Mainassara (President of Niger) was assassinated in 1999 !

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor/Singer/Activist, Paul Robeson ! Actress, Keshia Knight Pulliam ! Singer, Jazmine Sullivan ! TV Host, Sunny Anderson !

Paul Robeson,American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, Spingarn Medal winner, and Stalin peace prize laureate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Milwaukee Braves outfielder and Hall of Famer Hank Aaron in a 1960 issue of Baseball Digest. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron at the 2008 All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade. © Rubenstein, photographer Martyna Borkowski (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hank Aaron’s jersey worn when he broke Babe Ruth’s record. 03:09, 23 May 2005 . . Googie man . . 270×382 (24,156 bytes) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Chris Evans from same, United States
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan ! B.E.T founder, Robert Johnson ! Rapper, Biz Markie ! Actress, Skai Jackson !

English: Kofi Annan speaking at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
41st Munich Security Conference 2005: The General Secretary of the United Nations, Kofi A. Annan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By US Mission in Geneva

By Rudolf Suroch
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