Afro Birthdays

Harrison Dillard in the hurdles, Olympic Games, London, 1948. (Photo credit: National Media Museum)

Portrait of Billy Eckstine, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948 (LOC) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Photograph of Josh Harrison of the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jaden Smith at The Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2009 Русский: Джейден Смит на концерте The Nobel Peace Prize в 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Former WNBA star Lisa Leslie spoke at the Women’s Conference about how to build self-esteem and leadership in young women. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige in the uniform of the Kansas City Monarchs (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Satchel Paige (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Margaret Walker (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Brandon Jacobs signing autographs at a New York Giants training camp (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Publicity photo of Della Reese. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Della Reese at a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony for Mark Brunett. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

50 Cent at the 2009 American Music Awards Red Carpet. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Amantle Montsho at the 2011 Bislett Games (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

061205-N-8148A-074 – Montel Williams, a talk show host and former U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, spends time aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG-83) while traveling through the 5th Fleet area of operations to collect footage for a holiday special dedicated to U.S. service members. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Montel Williams at the premiere of War, Inc. at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

kristin.eonline.com – L.A. Confidential/Belvedere/Water Club/Sapporo Emmy Party (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

DR. CHARLES RICHARD DREW, M.D., C.M., MED. D.Sc. – PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, HOWARD UNIVERSTITY, CHIEF SURGEON… – NARA – 535693 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Kennedy to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Medgar Evers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Patrice E. Lumumba; Congo prime minister, premier ministre congolais, kongolesischer Ministerpräsident (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Carl Lewis at the “green carpet” for the Save the World Awards 2009 (Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, Lower Austria). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Carl Lewis – 1998 Houstonian (Photo credit: University of Houston Digital Library)

English: Carl Lewis in midair during a long jump for track and field as an athlete at the University of Houston (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Willie Dixon in 1979 in Cary, Illinois at Harry Hopes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Publicity photo of Lena Horne performing on The Bell Telephone Hour television show. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cropped screenshot of Lena Horne from the film Till the Clouds Roll By. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

David Alan Grier (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: description: Bassist Stanley Clarke & keyboardist George Duke 2006 photographer: ga8waybrotha photographer_location: St. Louis photographer_url: http://flickr.com/photos/69521988@N00 flickr_url: http://flickr.com/photos/69521988@N00/277232276/ taken:June 24, 2006 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Winner of season 3 of American Idol, Fantasia Barrino. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Actress Tichina Arnold talks with a fan at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Brandon Phillips (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: no original description (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906), seminal African American poet, circa 1890. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka – US 400 metres runner LaShawn Merritt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Julius Thomas, a National Football League player. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: LaShawn Merritt finishing the 400m almost 1 second before Jeremy Wariner (out of the picture), august 21st 2008 at the Bird’s nest, Beijing Français : LaShawn Merritt à l’arrivée du 400m qu’il termine presque une seconde devant Jeremy Wariner le 21 août 2008 au nid d’oiseau, Pékin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: 400 m final at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin (Jeremy Wariner, Chris Brown, LaShawn Merritt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Bernard Anthony Harris, Jr. a former NASA astronaut. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Derek Jeter participates in pregame warmups before a game between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles on August 26, 2011 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Michael Vick in a locker room interview following the New York Jets vs. Philadelphia Eagles preseason game on September 3, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The NFL Today’s Shannon Sharpe during the Super Bowl XLI pre-game show in Miami, Fla. VIRIN: 070204-F-7251M-906 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Photo from the television program Good Times. Pictured from left: John Amos (James Evans), Jimmie Walker (J.J. Evans), William Christopher (Army doctor). In this episode, James tries to talk J.J. out of joining the army. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Dikembe Mutombo playing with the Houston Rockets (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Taj Gibson of the Chicago Bulls vs Indiana Pacers, December 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)