Afro Birthdays

Coretta Scott King, Litt.D. 1971 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

August Wilson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Photo of Cuba Gooding, Sr. taken at a performance in San Diego, California. He was singing “Everybody Plays The Fool.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Wizards v/s Spurs 02/12/11 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

DeAngelo Williams at the Sorcerer Hat Stage during ESPN The Weekend, February 26, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cedric the Entertainer at the Johnson Family Vacation film premiere at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Reagan Gomez-Preston at the 2009 Comic Con in San Diego. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Beninese actor Djimon Hounsou arrive at the premiere of Push, Mann Theater, Westwood. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Granville T. Woods (1856-1910) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cal running back Marshawn Lynch at the 2005 Las Vegas Bowl. The Golden Bears defeated the BYU Cougars 35-28. Lynch was the game MVP. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Charles Mingus – Bi Centenial, Lower Manhattan July 4, 1976 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dee Gordon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: NEW YORK (May 27, 2010) Sherri Shephard, host of the ABC talk show, The View. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ash Severe/Released) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: DeJuan Blair of the San Antonio Spurs in pose, during the Spurs-Nuggets match on 12-22-2010 in San Antonio, TX. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Auburn running back Carnell Williams was one of the stars of the Auburn offense during the 2004 season. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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

Tournament Most Outstanding Player Tennessee forward Candace Parker shoots over Louisiana State center Sylvia Fowles in the national semifinals. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Portrait of James McCune Smith. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The four girls killed in the bombing (Clockwise from top left, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Los Angeles Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Boston Celtics Robert Parish and Kevin McHale late 1980s (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Deutsch: akon london 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A. Philip Randolph, U.S. civil rights leader, 1963 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)