Today in Afro History ! The first Afro American Heavyweight Champion, Jack Johnson passes away in 1946. Activist, Marcus Garvey passes away in 1940.
English: Jack Johnson, 1915 Source:Library of Congress – George Grantham Bain Collection Restrictions: Per LOC reproduction #LC-USZ62-29331 – no known restrictions on photograph Publish date: March 31, 1915 Photographer: Unknown Publisher:Unknown (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Academy Award winning Actress Hattie McDaniel ! Singer, Faith Evans ! Blues Singer, Howlin Wolf !
English: Hattie McDaniel’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for Radio, at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Comedian/Actor Richard Pryor suffers severe burns to his body in 1980. Larry Holmes defeats Ken Norton for the WBC Title in 1978 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Jackie Wilson ! Pastor, T. D. Jakes ! Actress, Logan Browning ! NBA player, Udonis Haslem !
Today in Afro History ! Baseball Legend, Satchel Paige passes away in 1982. James Earl Ray is Captured for killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper, Kanye West ! Actor, Keenan Ivory Wayans !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Prince ! NBA player, Allen Iverson ! Poet, Gwendolyn Brooks ! Actress, Kim Whitley ! Music Producer, L.A. Reid !
English: Allen Iverson, of the National Basketball Association’s Detroit Pistons, during a 2008 basketball game against the Washington Wizards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today in Afro History ! Phylicia Rashad wins a tony for leading role in ” A Raisin in the Sun ” in 2004 ! Civil Rights Activist James Meredith is shot while marching across Mississippi in 1966.
walking to class at University of Mississippi, accompanied by U.S. marshals. According to http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c35515, the men flanking Meredith are U.S. Marshal James McShane (left) and of the Justice Department (right) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Olympic Gold Medalist, Tommie Smith ! Producer, “Jimmy Jam” Harris !
Today in Afro History ! Dr. Mae Jemison becomes a NASA astronaut in 1987 ! She would eventually be the first Afro American woman in space.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison, First African-American Woman in Space – GPN-2004-00020 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Astronauts Dr. N. Jan Davis (left) and Dr. Mae C. Jemison (right) are mission specialists on board the STS-47 mission. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays, ! Singer, Brian McKnight ! Olympic Medalist, John Carlos ! NFL player, Marques Colston ! NBA player, Marcus Thornton !
Brian McKnight appears to be singing the national anthem at the start of a Cleveland Cavaliers home game at the Quicken Loans Arena as they host the Washington Wizards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Athlete speaking at the Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)












