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Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Olympic Medalist ,Triple and Long Jumper, Will Claye ! NBA player, Hassan Whiteside ! NFL Player, Nate Jones !

written by Marc Alexander

Nate Jones (Photo credit: Jeffrey Beall)

English: Will Claye during 2011 World championships Athletics in Daegu (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 13, 2026 0 comment

Today in Afro History ! Activist, Medgar Evers is shot and killed in 1963. Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964.

written by Marc Alexander

Nelson Mandela, July 4 1993. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Young Nelson Mandela. This photo dates from 1937. South Africa protect the copyright of photographs for 50 years from their first publication. See . Since this image would have been PD in South Africa in 1996, when the URAA took effect, this image is PD in the U.S. Image source: http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela/index.html (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, Gauteng, on 13 May 1998 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Medgar Evers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 12, 2026 0 comment

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Jrue Holiday ! NBA player, Antawn Jamison ! Actor, Eamonn Walker ! Comedian, Finesse Mitchell !

written by Marc Alexander

Antawn Jamison (Photo credit: Keith Allison)

Washington Wizards v/s Philadelphia 76ers November 23, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 12, 2026 0 comment

Today in Afro History ! Governor George Wallace tries to prevent Afro American Students from registering at the University of Alabama in 1963. Vivian Malone Jones being escorted in by Deputy U.S. Attorney General.

written by Marc Alexander

entering Foster Auditorium to register for classes at the University of Alabama. Vivian Malone, one of the first African Americans to attend the university, walks through a crowd that includes photographers, National Guard members, and Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 11, 2026 0 comment

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Pianist, Hazel Scott ! WNBA player, Maya Moore ! MLB player, Jose Reyes !

written by Marc Alexander

Cropped screenshot of Hazel Scott from the trailer for the film Rhapsody in Blue. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New York Mets SS – José Reyes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Maya Moore, at Championship Dinner (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 11, 2026 0 comment

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Happy Birthday to Hattie McDaniel !

written by Marc Alexander

June 10, 2026 0 comment

Today in Afro History ! The first Afro American Heavyweight Champion, Jack Johnson passes away in 1946. Activist, Marcus Garvey passes away in 1940.

written by Marc Alexander

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)

English: 20 Jamaican dollars from 2000. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Marcus Garvey, National Hero of Jamaica, full-length, seated at desk (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 10, 2026 0 comment

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Academy Award winning Actress Hattie McDaniel ! Singer, Faith Evans ! Blues Singer, Howlin Wolf !

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Actress Hattie McDaniel, 1941 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Hattie McDaniel’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for Radio, at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 10, 2026 0 comment

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 !

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Photo of Richard Pryor. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 9, 2026 0 comment

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Jackie Wilson ! Pastor, T. D. Jakes ! Actress, Logan Browning ! NBA player, Udonis Haslem !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Udonis Haslem playing with the Miami Heat (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 9, 2026 0 comment

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.

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Satchel Paige (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 8, 2026 0 comment

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper, Kanye West ! Actor, Keenan Ivory Wayans !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Kanye West at the Vanity Fair kickoff part for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. Photographer’s blog post about this event and photo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)