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Marc Alexander

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Politician, Barbara Jordan ! Singer/Activist, Nina Simone ! Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe ! Sprinter, Leroy Burrell !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Photograph of Barbara Jordan Memorial taken at nighttime on May 6, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: , member of the United States House of Representatives. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Original caption: President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe listens as Prof. Alpha Oumar Konare, chairman of the Commission of the African Union, addresses attendees at the opening ceremony of the 10th Ordinary Session of the Assembly during the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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By Thomas J. O’Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine

February 21, 2026 0 comment

Entertainment news

Happy Birthday to Sidney Poitier !

written by Marc Alexander

February 20, 2026 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Abolitionist/Author, Frederick Douglas passes away in 1895.

written by Marc Alexander

Frederick Douglass (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Frederick Douglas Memorial Hall at Howard University in Washington, DC. This building, along with three others, was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2001. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

345px-Frederick_Douglass_(2) By C.M. Battey

February 20, 2026 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Rihanna ! Actor, Sidney Poitier ! NBA player, Charles Barkley ! NBA player, Stephon Marbury ! Singer, Nancy Wilson !

written by Marc Alexander

Photo of Nancy Wilson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Rihanna live in Belfast, on her tour The LOUD Tour. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Rihanna in her Last Girl on Earth Tour (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Sidney Poitier’s image, cropped from Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963, an image in Public Domain (see credits below, of the original). The original is uploaded here at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Poitier_Belafonte_Heston_Civil_Rights_March_1963.jpg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Actor Sidney Poitier receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Charles Barkley, former NBA basketball player who played for Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers, currently works as a sports commentator for ESPN. עברית: צ’ארלס בארקלי, שחקן נ.ב.א. לשעבר ששיחק עבור פניקס סאנס, יוסטון רוקטס ופילדלפיה 76′, כיום עובד כפרשן עבור ערוץ הטלוויזיה ESPN. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Stephon Marbury, New York Knicks (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

640px-Rihanna_with_dancers_live_at_Kollen_Music_Festival_2012-2 By Jørund F Pedersen

February 20, 2026 0 comment

Entertainment news R&B

Happy Birthday to Smokey Robinson !

written by Marc Alexander

February 19, 2026 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Activist W.E.B. Du Bois organizes the first Pan-African Congress in 1919 ! John Singleton becomes the first Afro American Director, nominated for an Academy Award in 1992 !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Oscar-nominated film director John Singleton, taken during a USC Football rally (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

W.E.B. Du Bois, Gelatin silver print c.1911, (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

368px-WEB_DuBois_1918-4 By Cornelius Marion

February 19, 2026 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Producer, Smokey Robinson ! Singer, Seal ! Actor, Leslie David Baker !

written by Marc Alexander

Smokey Robinson in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on August 17, 2006. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Miracles in the early 1960s. Clockwise from top left: Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin, Ronald White, Claudette Rogers, and Smokey Robinson. At the time of this photograph, Miracles member Pete Moore (not pictured) was serving in the US Army after being drafted. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Leslie David Baker at the Dan in Real Life premiere. Cropped. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

February 19, 2026 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Speed Skater, Shani Davis becomes the first Afro athlete to win an individual gold medal in the Winter Olympics in 2006 !

written by Marc Alexander

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By Nancy Pelosi

By Mingo Hagen

February 18, 2026 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Author, Toni Morrison ! Singer, Irma Thomas ! NFL player, Le’Veon Bell ! Producer/Rapper, Dr. Dre !

written by Marc Alexander

Dr Dre, backstage at Pussycat Dolls in Los Angeles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Irma Thomas 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

505px-Toni_Morrison_2008-2 By derivative work: Entheta (talk)Toni_Morrison_2008.jpg: Angela Radulescu

Toni Morrison

February 18, 2026 0 comment

Entertainment news

Happy Birthday to Michael Jordan !

written by Marc Alexander

February 17, 2026 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Jazz Pianist Thelonious Monk passes away in 1982.

written by Marc Alexander

English: Thelonious Monk, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, ca. September 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Thelonious Monk and Howard McGhee at Minton’s Playhouise, ca. September 1947. Photography by William P. Gotlieb. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947 (Photograph by William P. Gottlieb) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

468px-Thelonious_Monk,_Minton's_Playhouse,_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._Sept._1947_(William_P._Gottlieb_06231) By William P. Gottlieb

February 17, 2026 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA Legend, Michael Jordan ! NFL Legend, Jim Brown ! Singer, Chante Moore ! Activist, Huey Newton !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Picture of Michael Jordan at a basketball game. Français : Photo de Michael Jordan lors d’un match de basket. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Michael Jordan at Boston Garden

By Steve Lipofsky at basketballphoto.com

View image | gettyimages.com Jim Brown

English: Jim Brown at autograph show in Los Angeles, CA in 2003. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

View image | gettyimages.com Chante Moore

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)

February 17, 2026 0 comment

Entertainment news

Happy Birthday to LeVar Burton !

written by Marc Alexander

February 16, 2026 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Wilt Chamberlain scores his 30,000th point in 1972 ! Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis to win World Championship Title in 1970 !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Joe Frazier was awarded the Order of the Palmetto in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

edited (colour) picture Image:Wilt Chamberlain.jpg Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player wearing uniform of Harlem Globetrotters. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)