English: The corner of Press and Royal Streets, where the memorial to Plessy v Ferguson stands (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Marc Alexander
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! MLB player, Reggie Jackson ! Tennis Player, Yannick Noah ! NFL player, Vince Young !
Today in Afro History ! Brown vs. Board of Education ruling by U.S. Supreme Court in 1954 !

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas, USA – Monroe Elementary school, where racial segregation was challenged in 1954 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Monroe Elementary School – Brown Vs the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas national historic site. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas, USA – Monroe Elementary school, where racial segregation was challenged in 1954 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Tony Parker ! Boxer, Sugar Ray Leonard ! Actor, Tahj Mowry ! NBA player, Channing Frye ! Singer, Kandi Burruss ! Actress, Rochelle Aytes !

עברית: טוני פארקר, שזכה בפרס בשנת 2007. Hrvatski: Tony Parker je jedini europski igrač koji je osvojio ovu nagradu. 日本語: トニー・パーカー. ไทย: โทนี พาร์กเกอร์. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Janet Jackson ! Congressman, John Conyers Jr. !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Ray Lewis ! NFL Player, Emmitt Smith ! Olympic gold medalist, Veronica Campbell ! NFL player, Rod Smith ! Rapper, Melle Mel !

English: Veronica Campbell during 2011 World championships Athletics in Daegu (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis at the 2008 regular season game against the Pittsburgh Steelers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Arthur Ashe becomes first Afro American to qualify for the U.S. Davis Cup in 1963 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Raphael Saadiq ! Mathematician/Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, Archie Alexander ! Singer, Shanice ! NFL player, Frank Gore !
San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore at training camp in Santa Clara, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! NFL running back, Chuck Muncie passes away in 2013. MOVE Headquarters bombed in Philadelphia in 1985.
Former San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints, and Cal running back Chuck Muncie making an appearance at the Fun Zone on Maxwell Family Field prior to a Cal home game against the UCLA Bruins. The Golden Bears won 41-20. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Stevie Wonder ! Heavyweight Champion, Joe Louis ! NBA player, Dennis Rodman ! Hurdler, Dawn Harper ! Singer, Mary Wells ! Rapper, PMD !

Salvador (BA) – O Cantor Stevie Wonder fala na abertura da 2ª Conferência de Intelectuais da África e da Diáspora em Salvador. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Joe Gans becomes the first Afro American World Boxing Champion in 1902 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Kim Fields ! Actor, Ving Rhames ! Football player, Steve Smith !
Today in Afro History ! Legendary Reggae Artist, Bob Marley passes away in 1981.

English: Bob Marley and The Wailers, The Summer of ’80 Garden Party, Crystal Palace Concert Bowl. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Bob Marley live in concert, just a couple of years before his death (Photo credit: Wikipedia)