Marc Alexander
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Soul Train Host, Don Cornelius ! Actor, Greg Morris ! Rapper, Lil Wayne ! NFL player, Darrent Williams !
Today in Afro History ! Blues singer, Bessie Smith dies in car accident in 1937.
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Tennis player, Serena Williams ! Singer/Actress, Christina Milian ! Singer, Shawn Stockman !
Today in Afro History ! Nine Afro American students were escorted by the U.S. Army into Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. This Forced desegregation was ordered by Dwight D. Eisenhower after angry protesters had them removed on their first day of school in 1957 !

English: Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New York City Mayor Robert Wagner greeting the teenagers who integrated Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas / World Telegram photo by Walter Albertin. Pictured, front row, left to right: Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Carlotta Walls, Mayor Wagner, Thelma Mothershed, Gloria Ray; back row, left to right: Terrance Roberts, Ernest Green, Melba Pattilo, Jefferson Thomas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Will Smith ! NBA player, Scottie Pippen ! Rapper, T.I. ! NBA player, Chauncey Billups ! NFL player, Aldon Smith !
Today in Afro History ! Guinea-Bissau declares independence from Portugal in 1973 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Eddie George ! NFL player, “Mean” Joe Greene ! Actress, Malinda Williams ! Singer, Sonny Turner ! NFL player, John Mackey !
Mean Joe Greene
Today in Afro History ! Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations in 1983 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Saxophonist, John Coltrane ! Singer, Ray Charles ! NFL player, Chris Johnson ! Actress, LisaRaye McCoy ! Actor, Anthony Mackie ! NBA player, Brandon Jennings ! Actor, Chi McBride !

English: Actor Chi McBride. Modificated from original photo. Italiano: L’attore Chi McBride. Ritagliato dalla foto originale. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Actress/Designer LisaRaye McCoy Shares Panel for Dark and Lovely and Essense Magazine, The “Ultimate Fashionista” Event in Chicago, IL, USA on June 12, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks during a game against the Detroit Pistons (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Shaka, The Zulu King is killed in 1828. The Sudanese Republic becomes the Independent Republic of Mali in 1960 !

English: Mali (orthographic projection) Português: Mali (projeção ortográfica) Español: Mali (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)