Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Julio Jones ! Singer, Dennis Edwards ! NFL player, Andre Ellington ! NFL player, Dwayne Rudd !
By Bernie Ilson, Inc. – Cropped from file:The Temptations on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1968.
By Georgia National Guard – Flickr: Playoff Pass,Today in Afro History ! South African President, F.W. de Klerk lifted the ban against anti-apartheid groups such as the African National Congress and committed to releasing Nelson Mandela in 1990 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Donald Driver ! NBA player, Sean Elliot ! Singer/Musician, Al McKay ! Opera Singer, Simon Estes ! NFL player, C. J. Anderson !
By Jeffrey Beall
By Mike Morbeck – Flickr: Donald Driver,Today in Afro History ! Four Afro American students “The Greensboro Four” , stage the first sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro N.C. in 1960 !
A section of lunch counter from the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth’s where the Greensboro sit-ins began is now preserved in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History. A section of lunch counter now appears in the display of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History. Counter from the Greensboro sit-ins. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By dbking from Washington, DC – Greensboro, NC “Sit In” 1960,
By https://wikis.nyu.edu/ek6/modernamerica/index.php/Reform/TheCivilRightsMovement,
The Greensboro Four
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Rick James ! Poet, Langston Hughes ! Actor, Sherman Hemsley ! MLB player, Austin Jackson ! Actor, Garrett Morris ! Actor, Lee Thompson Young !
English: Sherman Helmsley, taken at the Hustler Hollywood store on December 3, 1999 Photo courtesy of www.lukeisback.com, used with permission (see here). Image taken from the Wayback Machine’s archive of lukeford.com, viewable here (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Keith Allison
Austin Jackson
By Leach Entertainment Features
Rick James
Today in Afro History ! Doug Williams becomes the first Afro American quarterback to play in the Superbowl, leading Washington to victory over Denver in 1988 !
“Doug Williams (cropped)” by Doug_Williams.jpg: Original uploader was ChrisdbrowndotnetTodays Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Kerry Washington ! MLB player, Jackie Robinson ! MLB player, Ernie Banks ! Actor, Glynn Turmann ! NFL player, Vernon Davis ! NFL player, Mario Williams !
“Mario Williams” by Lance Cpl. Brandon Love. Cropped by User:Blueag9.
“Vernon davis broncos” by original: Capt. Darin Overstreet of the U.S. Air Colorado National Guardderivative: Diddykong1130
“Glynn Turman headshot” by Lisa Fulton
“Kerry Washington 2 by David Shankbone” by David Shankbone
“Kerry Washington Met Opera 2010 Shankbone” by David Shankbone
Today in Afro History ! MLB player, Leroy “Satchel” Paige is named “All Time Outstanding Player” by The National Baseball Congress in 1965 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Jody Watley ! NBA player, Jalen Rose ! NFL player, Cameron Wake ! Sprinter, Angela Williams !
“Jalen Rose Detroit BME Leadership Awards” by Knight Foundation
“Cameron Wake 2014” by Jeffrey Beall
“Jwaffairs93 mini” by AvidMusicInc – Jody Watley.
Today in Afro History ! U.S. peacekeeping troops were deployed to Port-au-Prince Haiti to maintain order in 1914 !
The Haitian National Palace (Presidential Palace), located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, heavily damaged after the earthquake of January 12, 2010. Note: this was originally a two-story structure; the second story completely collapsed. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
View of Port-au Prince from Hotel Montana, which was destroyed by the 2010 Haiti earthquake. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Port-au-Prince
By Ketounette
Debris in the streets of the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Bel-Air, in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Talk Show Host/Actress, Oprah Winfrey ! Singer, Charlie Wilson !
English: Charlie Wilson after a press conference to raise awareness for Prostate Cancer at Navy Pier in Chicago. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Charlie Wilson at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago. (photo by Raymond Boyd) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Bill Ebbesen Oprah Winfrey
Today in Afro History ! NASA Astronaut/Physicist, Ronald McNair dies in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.
English: Crew members of mission STS-51L stand in the White Room at Pad 39B following the end of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). From left to right they are: Teacher in Space Participant, Sharon “Christa” McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, Gregory Jarvis, Mission Specialist, Judy Resnik, Commander Dick Scobee Mission Specialist, Ronald McNair, Pilot, Michael Smith and Mission Specialist, Ellison Onizuka (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: NASA NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION FOR RELEASE: May 16, 1978 PHOTO NO. 78-HC-172 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT RONALD E. MCNAIR GUION S. BLUFORD FREDERICK D. GREGORY (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-51-L pose for their official portrait on November 15, 1985. In the back row from left to right: Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, and Judy Resnik. In the front row from left to right: Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ron McNair. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)







