Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! The southeastern region of Nigeria declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, which started a 2 1/2 year civil war in 1967.
Map showing the location of the secessionist Republic of Biafra within Nigeria. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Gale Sayers ! Actor, Stepin Fetchit ! Actor, Ralph Carter ! NBA player, Jeremy Lamb ! Kenyan runner, Margaret Okayo ! Singer, Ceelo Green !
Photo of the Evans family from the television program Good Times. From left: Ralph Carter (Michael), Bernnadette Stanis (Thelma), Jimmie Walker (J.J.), Esther Rolle (Florida), John Amos (James). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: East quarterback Terrelle Pryor of Jeannette, Pa., was selected U.S Army high school football Player of the Year during an awards banquet in San Antonio, Texas. Pryor and 90 of the top football players in the nation meet at the Alamodome in an East vs. West confrontation. Gale Sayers, NFL Hall of Fame running back, was the keynote speaker. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Comedian Stepin Fetchit (far right) appears with the gang in A Tough Winter. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Mayor Thomas Bradley elected as the first Afro American Mayor of Los Angeles in 1973 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Carmelo Anthony ! Singer, Rebbie Jackson ! Singer, Latoya Jackson ! Comedian, Earthquake !
Today in Afro History ! Fifteen West African countries sign “The Treaty of Lagos” in 1975, creating the Economic Community of West African States !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Gladys Knight ! Activist, Dr. Betty Shabazz, (wife of Malcolm X) ! Blues Guitarist, T-Bone Walker ! NFL player, Michael Oher ! NFL player, NaVorro Bowman ! NFL player, Percy Harvin !

Gladys Knight in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on October 12, 2006. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Gladys Knight and the Pips perform aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) during the special Suzanne Somers show. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Jomo Kenyatta is elected as the first Prime Minister of Kenya in 1963 !
English: Aerial photograph of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO/HKJK) in Nairobi, Kenya (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Jomo Kenyatta Statue in front of Kenya High Court, Nairobi, Kenya Русский: Памятник Джомо Кениате, Найроби, Кения (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Louis Gossett Jr ! Singer/ Rapper, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes ! Singer, Andre 3000 ! Pianist, Ramsey Lewis ! Actor, Todd Bridges !
Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. at the 16th Annual MovieGuide Faith and Values Awards Gala (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Ramsey Lewis following a live performance in the KPLU Seattle Studios on October 16, 2009. Photo by Justin Steyer / KPLU (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Actor Todd Bridges at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan. Photographed by Luigi Novi. This photo may only be used if the photographer is properly credited. (See Licensing information below.) Category:2009 Big Apple Convention Category:Todd Bridges (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Althea Gibson becomes the first Afro American woman to win a major tennis title by winning the French Open in 1956 !

Althea Gibson, half-length portrait, holding tennis racquet / World Telegram & Sun photo by Fred Palumbo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In 1950 tennis star Althea Gibson (1927-2003) became the first African American to compete in the U.S. Nationals. The next year she became the first African American to play at Wimbledon, England. (Museum of American History – Behring Center) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Actor, Lenny Kravitz ! Actress, Pam Grier ! Singer, Lauryn Hill ! Musician, Miles Davis ! Actor, Philip Michael Thomas !

American actress Pam Grier at L6, fan convention for The L Word television program, in Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, UK. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Lenny Kravitz greets Staff Sgt. Walter Talens at the 82nd Academy Awards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Author: I found in an old box some of my past work of 20 years ago. I made a large serie of slides during the North Sea Jazz Festival of some well known artists. I will try to get a bit of the quality of the original Kodak EES 800/1600 5020 in the scans. The photo’s of Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) are made during his last concert in the Netherlands at the North Sea Jazz Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Jesse Owens of Ohio State University, breaks three world records and ties a fourth in 1935 !

Jesse Owens shook racial stereotypes both with Nazis and segregationists in the USA at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jesse Owens with Ralph Metcalfe at track and field tryouts at Randall’s Island Stadium in New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Dancer/Actor, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson ! Actress, Octavia Spencer ! NBA player, Kendall Gill ! NBA player, Derrick Williams ! Writer, Jamaica Kincaid ! Runner, Ezekiel Kemboi !
English: Ezekiel Kemboi at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)