Today 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)
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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 GenevaToday in Afro History ! Booker T. Washington becomes the first Afro American to have his picture put on U.S. Postage Stamp in 1940 !
Photograph of Booker Washington and Theodore Roosevelt at Tuskegee Institute. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Billie Holiday ! NFL player, Tony Dorsett ! Comedian, Bill Bellamy ! NFL player, Tiki Barber !
English: Billie Holiday and her dog Mister, backstage dressing room, probably at the Downbeat, NYC (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Pitt Football Alums Tony Dorsett at Gino Torretta’s Charity Event – Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, March 7, 2009 (Photo by OPENSports.com) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Billie Holiday
Today in Afro History ! Matthew A. Henson served as navigator to a small group of explorers that were the first to reach the North Pole in 1909 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Billy Dee Williams ! NFL player, Sterling Sharpe ! Actor, Sinqua Walls !
By Florida SuperconToday in Afro History ! Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlains career scoring Record of 31,419 points in 1984 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Author/Educator, Booker T. Washington ! Former Secretary of State / U.S Army General, Colin Powell !

English: Via Library of Congress. See catalog.loc.gov. Booker T. Washington, seated on steps of porch, with wife and two sons. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet before a press conference. Both men had come to hear the Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was the only time the two men ever met; their meeting lasted only one minute. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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