Afro Birthdays

Cropped screenshot of Hazel Scott from the trailer for the film Rhapsody in Blue. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New York Mets SS – José Reyes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Actress Hattie McDaniel, 1941 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Hattie McDaniel’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for Radio, at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Kanye West at the Vanity Fair kickoff part for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. Photographer’s blog post about this event and photo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Prince first visit to ireland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Allen Iverson, of the National Basketball Association’s Detroit Pistons, during a 2008 basketball game against the Washington Wizards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)                                                                                                  

English: L.A. Reid and Mariah Carey (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Brian McKnight appears to be singing the national anthem at the start of a Cleveland Cavaliers home game at the Quicken Loans Arena as they host the Washington Wizards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Athlete speaking at the Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Keith David in June 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

U.S. Navy photograph of Admiral Samuel Gravely, ca. 1970 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Curtis Mayfield performing for Dutch televisie in 1972 Nederlands: Curtis Mayfield tijdens een televisieoptreden in Nederland in 1972 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Josephine Baker dancing the Charleston at the Folies Bergère, Paris — Revue Nègre Dance (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Photo by Rudolf Suroch of Josephine Baker. Havana, Cuba. 1950 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Al Horford, the 3rd pick (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Cornel West, keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr. Week. University of Utah. Contrast enhanced, sensor noise filtered, saturation adjusted (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Cornel West, 2011 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

American actor Dennis Haysbert (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Freddy Adu representing the US soccer team at the 2011 Gold Cup semi-final match in Houston Texas on June 22, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Wayne Brady at World of Color Premiere at Disney California Adventure Park in June 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Leela James (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Morgan Freeman at the Cannes film festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cleavon Little (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Mark Curry (actor) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Nick Young (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Nate Robinson playing with the New York Knicks (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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)

Okayo running in the 2005 London Marathon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Carmelo Anthony (Photo credit: Keith Allison)

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)

English: T-Bone Walker, American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg, march 1972 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Michael Oher at Baltimore Ravens Training Camp August 5, 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)