Marc Alexander
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Kelly Rowland ! Singer, Brandy ! NBA player, Ben McLemore ! Singer, D’Angelo !
Kelly Rowland, backstage at T4 on the Beach in Weston-Super-Mare, England, July 2008. Photo copyright Jamey Howard. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Eva Rinaldi – Kelly Rowland
Today in Afro History ! Ron Brown is elected Chairman of the “Democratic National Committee”, making him the first Afro American to lead a major American political party in 1989 !

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Sprinter, Justin Gatlin ! Singer, Roberta Flack ! Opera Singer, Leontyne Price ! NFL player, Orlando Scandrick !
Justin Gatlin in Helsinki, 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, after he won 100 Metres. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Olympic Gold Medal athelete, Justin Gatlin, at the 2nd Annual Children’s Marathon in Pensacola, FL. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Erik van Leeuwen
Today in Afro History ! Bernard A. Harris Jr. becomes the first Afro American to walk in space in 1995 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Author, Alice Walker ! NBA player, Jameer Nelson ! MLB player, Mookie Wilson ! Singer, Barbara Lewis ! Actor, Michael B. Jordan ! Actress, Camille Winbush !
Today in Afro History ! “Good Times” debuts on TV in 1974 ! The Supremes release “Stop! In the Name of Love” in 1965 !
English: Publicity photo from Good Times. Pictured are John Amos (James) and Esther Rolle (Florida). This was for the premiere of the show. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The Supremes’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 7060 Hollywood Blvd. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By CBS Television
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Gary Coleman ! NBA player, Alonzo Mourning !
Today in Afro History ! Jean-Bertrand Aristide is sworn in as Haiti’s first democratically elected President in 1991 !

English: Jean-Bertrand Aristide meets Bill Clinton in the Oval Office, October 14, 1994. Français : Jean-Bertrand Aristide rencontre Bill Clinton dans le bureau ovale, 14 octobre 1994. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Comedian/Actor, Chris Rock ! Actress, Essence Atkins ! NBA player, Juwan Howard !
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By Bogaerts, Rob / AnefoToday’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Natalie Cole ! Singer, Bob Marley ! Actor, Robert Townsend ! Poet, Melvin B. Tolson ! NFL player, Jermaine Kearse !
English: Bob Marley live in concert, just a couple of years before his death (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By dbkingToday in Afro History ! The murderer of civil rights activist Medgar Evers is finally convicted over thirty years later in 1994. Bob Douglas becomes the first Afro American inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1972 !





