Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Rosa Parks passes away in 2005. Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and is renamed The Republic of Zambia in 1964 !

English: Photograph of Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King jr. (ca. 1955) Mrs. Rosa Parks altered the negro progress in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955, by the bus boycott she unwillingly began. National Archives record ID: 306-PSD-65-1882 (Box 93). Source: Ebony Magazine Ελληνικά: Φωτογραφία της Rosa Parks με τον Dr. Martin Luther King jr. (περ. 1955.) Español: Fotografía de Rosa Parks con Martin Luther King jr. (aprox. 1955). Français : Photographie Rosa Parks (ca. 1955) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Zambia (orthographic projection) Português: Zâmbia (projeção ortográfica) Español: Zambia (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper, Drake ! Singer, Monica ! Former NAACP President, Kweisi Mfume ! NFL player, Pat Williams !
Today in Afro History ! NAACP makes an appeal to the United Nations on racism in 1947 !

W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 – 1963), co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in 1918. Deutsch: Der Soziologe William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963), Mitbegründer der afroamerikanischen Bürgerrechtsorganisation National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), aufgenommen 1918 von C.M. Battey (1873–1927). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Legendary Soccer player, Pele ! Singer, Dianne Reeves ! Author, Michael Eric Dyson !
Today in Afro History ! The Supremes becomes the first all female group to have a No. 1 selling album in 1966 ! Actor, Cleavon Little passes away in 1992 !

The Supremes: Diana Ross (left), Mary Wilson (center), Florence Ballard (right) circa 1965 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! MLB player, Robinson Cano ! Ethiopian Runner, Tiki Gelana ! Jamaican singer, Shaggy ! Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale !

Original six members of the Black Panther Party (November, 1966) Top left to right: Elbert “Big Man” Howard; Huey P. Newton (Defense Minister), Sherman Forte, Bobby Seale (Chairman). Bottom: Reggie Forte and Little Bobby Hutton (Treasurer) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Robinson Cano holds a bat prior to a game between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles on August 28, 2011 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Shaggy Deutsch: Shaggy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! A coup d’etat brings Siad Barre to power in Somalia in 1969 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Jazz Trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie ! Astronaut, Ronald McNair ! NBA player, Shelden Williams ! NBA player, Festus Ezeli ! Actress, LaTanya Richardson !
Today in Afro History ! The” Johnny Bright Incident ” occurs in 1951. Governor, Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency in Kenya in 1952 because of the Mau Mau Uprising.

Johnny Bright Photo by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives 

Intentional late hit breaks Johnny Bright’s jaw Photo by A Meyers 91 
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper, Snoop Dogg ! Former Kenya President, Jomo Kenyatta ! First female NAACP President, Enolia McMillan ! NBA player, Eddie Jones ! Actress, Jennifer Freeman !
Today in Afro History ! The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy after its invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 !

Orthographic map of Africa, showing Ethiopia location. Français : Carte orthographique de l’Afrique, montrant l’emplacement de l’Éthiopie. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Boxer, Evander Holyfield ! Actor, Omar Gooding ! Singer, Jennifer Holiday ! Actress, LaWanda Page ! Singer, Peter Tosh ! MLB player, Rajai Davis !

Peter Tosh with Al Anderson and Robbie Shakespeare, Bush Doctor Tour, Cardiff 1978 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Evander Holyfield vs. Lou Savarese, El Paso Texas, June 30, 2007, photograph by John Kloepper (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

































