Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Ray Parker Jr. ! Actor, Darius McCrary ! Singer, Tina Atkins-Campbell ! Actress, Drew Sidora ! NBA player, Amir Johnson ! Hurdler, Michelle Perry ! First Afro American news anchor, Max Robinson !
English: Ray Parker Jr. live at the Montreux Jazz Festival – July 15th, 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Clockwise from left: Steve (White), Laura (Williams), Myra (Thomas), Eddie (McCrary) Harriette (Payton) and Carl (VelJohnson) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka – Michelle Perry after winning the women’s 100 metres hurdles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro history ! Willie Mays hits 4 Home Runs in a single game in 1961 !
English: President Barack Obama talks with baseball great Willie Mays aboard Air Force One en route to the 2009 MLB All-Star Game in St. Louis, July 14, 2009. Français : Le président Barack Obama discute avec l’ancien grand joueur de baseball Willie Mays à bord d’Air Force One en route pour le Match des étoiles de la Ligue majeure de baseball 2009 à St. Louis, 14 juillet 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Catch: Willie Mays hauls in Vic Wertz’s drive at the warning track in the 1954 World Series. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Original description: Willie Mays, standing, wearing baseball uniform, with arm around shoulders of Roy Campanella, seated / World Telegram & Sun photo by William C. Greene. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player/Coach, Isiah Thomas ! NBA player, Brandon Bass !
Today in Afro History ! Ashmun Institue becomes the first chartered Afro-American college in 1854, now named Lincoln University !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Musician, Edward “Duke” Ellington ! Singer, Tammi Terrell ! Rapper/Producer, Master P ! Singer, Erica Atkins-Campbell !
English: Duke Ellington, a famous jazz musician, poses with his piano at the KFG Radio Studio. KFG is Fitzsimons Army Medical Center’s radio station. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Muhammad Ali is stripped of title for refusing to be drafted into Vietnam War in 1967 ! Samuel Lee Gravely becomes first Afro admiral in U.S. Navy !
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English: Bust portrait of Muhammad Ali, World Journal Tribune photo by Ira Rosenberg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Josh Howard ! Actress, Madge Sinclair ! Musician, Robert Greenidge ! Actress, Aleisha Allen !
By Mwinog2777Today in Afro History ! Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana passes away in 1972. Sierra Leone gains it’s independence in 1961 ! Togo gains it’s independence in 1960 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Activist, Coretta Scott King ! Playwright, August Wilson ! Singer, Cuba Gooding Sr. !
English: Photo of Cuba Gooding, Sr. taken at a performance in San Diego, California. He was singing “Everybody Plays The Fool.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Jazz Pianist and Band Leader, Count Basie, passes away in 1984. South Africa held its first all races election after the ending of apartheid in 1994.
This is a screen capture of Count Basie at the piano from the movie “Rhythm and Blues Revue”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cropped screenshot of Count Basie and his band with featured vocalist Ethel Waters from the film Stage Door Canteen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Giancarlo Esposito ! Singer, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins ! Singer, Avant ! Jamaican Sprinter, Novlene Williams-Mills !
By FrantogianToday in Afro History ! The United Negro College fund is Founded in 1944 ! Charles “Chuck” Cooper becomes the first Afro American player to be drafted by an NBA team ! He was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1950.
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