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Marc Alexander

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Debbi Morgan ! Musician, Jelly Roll Morton ! Actor, Aldis Hodge ! NFL player, Carlos Hyde ! Miss USA, Crystle Stewart ! Singer, The Dream !

English: Crystle Stewart outside the Vivenne Tam show at the Spring 2009 collection Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (aka New York Fashion Week The photographer dedicates this portrait to Wikipedia editor PageantUpdater, who has tirelessly improved beauty pageant articles, including Crystle Stewart’s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Photograph of Jelly Roll Morton, cropped from group photo of musicians and entertainers in Los Angeles, California, at the Cadillac Club, c. 1917 or 1918. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 20, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! St. Kitts and Nevis gain independence from the United Kingdom in 1983 !

written by Marc Alexander

This file was first taken by (and then released to wikpedia by) kayokayo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: For use in St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla, based off of Image:LocationAnguilla.png, a wikipedia map, seen below. Image:LocationAnguilla.png (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: map of St. Kitts and Nevis, Caribbean (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: The Grey Area Around the Red Star Indicates the Location and City Limits of the City of Basseterre on the Island of St. Kitts. Suomi: Basseterren kaupungin sijainti on merkitty karttaan punaisella tähdellä. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 19, 2020 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Sanaa Lathan ! NBA player, Tyreke Evans ! Actor, Victor Williams ! Actor, Columbus Short ! Singer, Brook Benton !

written by Marc Alexander

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English: Sanaa Lathan at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Wonderful World. Photographers blog post about the event and this photo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Tyreke Evans By Pkantz

Victor Williams By T Charles Erickson

September 19, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Jimi Hendrix passes away in 1970 !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Jimi Hendrix performs for Dutch television show Hoepla in 1967. Nederlands: Jimi Hendrix treedt op in het Nederlandse televisieprogramma Hoepla in 1967. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell during a Jimi Hendrix Experience’s performance for Dutch television show Hoepla in 1967. Nederlands: Jimi Hendrix en Mitch Mitchell tijdens een optreden van The Jimi Hendrix Experience in het Nederlandse televisieprogramma Hoepla in 1967. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 18, 2020 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Jada Pinkett Smith ! Actress, Holly Robinson Peete ! NBA player, Serge Ibaka ! Comedian/Actress, Aisha Tyler ! Singer, Ricky Bell !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Holly Robinson Peete. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Aisha Tyler By Gage Skidmore

English: Serge Ibaka, basketball player from Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 18, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Vanessa Williams becomes the first Afro American woman to be crowned Miss America in 1983 !

written by Marc Alexander

Everlasting Love (Vanessa Williams album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Silver & Gold (Vanessa Williams album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Español: Vanessa Williams (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Vanessa Williams at pre-opening of Otarian NYC (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 17, 2020 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper, Doug E. Fresh ! NBA player, Rasheed Wallace ! Actor, Malik Yoba !

written by Marc Alexander

English: NBA player, Rasheed Wallace. (Cropped version from File:Rasheed_Wallace_2.jpg) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Doug E. Fresh, an American rapper. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Doug E. Fresh at the Williamsburg Waterfront, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, August 29, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 17, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History !” The Emperor Jones” starring Paul Robeson is released in 1933 !

written by Marc Alexander

The Emperor Jones (1933 film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Charlotta Bass and Paul Robeson, Los Angeles, 1949 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

PAUL ROBESON – ACTOR, ARTIST, ATHLETE – NARA – 535624 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Paul Robeson with Uta Hagen in the Theatre Guild production of Othello. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Paul Robeson,American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, Spingarn Medal winner, and Stalin peace prize laureate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 16, 2020 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Blues singer/musician, B.B. King ! NBA player, Elgin Baylor ! Olympic Gold Medalist hurdler, Kevin Young ! Actress, Kyla Pratt ! Singer, Jon Hendricks !

written by Marc Alexander

B.B. King at the 1990 Grammy Awards show. Crop from Image:B.B. King (1990).jpg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jon Hendricks (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Sign for B.B. King’s Blues club on Beale Street, Memphis (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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English: Kyla Pratt attending the 35th Birthday of Claudia Jordan at Boulevard 3, Hollywood, CA 04-13-08 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 16, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Muhammed Ali defeats Leon Spinks in 1978 at the Superdome in New Orleans, making him the first Heavyweight to win the Championship title three times !

written by Marc Alexander

Muhammad Ali, who engaged in more ‘fight of the year’ contests than any other fighter in boxing history, sixCitation needed spanning almost two decades. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 15, 2020 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Nipsey Russell ! Opera Singer, Jessye Norman ! Jazz Saxophonist, Cannonball Adderley ! NBA player, Jason Terry ! NFL player, Aaron Ross !

written by Marc Alexander

Aaron Ross during pre game. Houston Texans Vs. New York Giants. Reliant Stadium. Houston, Tx. 10-10-2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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English: Jason Terry (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 15, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Zaire) in 1960 !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Meeting in the Oval Office between Nixon and President Mobutu Sese Seku of Zaire. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: DRC, orthographic projection. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger meets with President Mobutu of Zaire in his Pentagon office, Room 3E880. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

September 14, 2020 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper, Nas ! NFL player, Michael Crabtree ! NBA player, Jimmy Butler ! MLB player, Delmon Young !

written by Marc Alexander

Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Delmon Young during a Devil Rays/Mets spring training game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)