Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. ! MLB player, Eddie Murray ! Actor, O’Shea Jackson Jr. !

English: Floyd Mayweather during a press conference for the fight against Victor Ortiz at the Hudson Theatre on June 28, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 19, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: , American baseball player, at a ceremony at Camden Yards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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By Eva Rinaldi

O’Shea Jackson Jr.

By DEWALT POWER TOOLS FIGHT NIGHT CLUB 2010

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

February 24, 2025 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Activist/Author W.E.B Du Bois ! NBA player, Andrew Wiggins ! NFL player, Charles Tillman ! NFL player, Byron Maxwell ! NFL player, Ed “Too Tall” Jones ! Actress, Niecy Nash !

written by Marc Alexander

Niecy Nash at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 – 1963), co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in 1918. Deutsch: Der Soziologe William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963), Mitbegründer der afroamerikanischen Bürgerrechtsorganisation National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), aufgenommen 1918 von C.M. Battey (1873–1927). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Charles Tillman of the Chicago Bears (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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February 23, 2025 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Julius “Dr J” Erving ! NBA player, Rajon Rondo ! NFL player, Khalil Mack !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Julius Erving on the red carpet at the Grand Gala. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Khalil Mack

342px-Khalil_Mack By Jeffrey Beall

Rajon Rondo, the 21st pick of the Phoenix Suns (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Julius Erving in 1981 performing a slam dunk against the Atlanta Hawks at Omni Coliseum. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

February 22, 2025 0 comment

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, 2025 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, 2025 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, 2025 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)

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Toni Morrison

February 18, 2025 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

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

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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, 2025 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Levar Burton! NFL player, Jerome Bettis ! Rapper, Ice-T ! Singer, James Ingram !

written by Marc Alexander

Français : James Ingram en 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Photo of actor LeVar Burton taken at Spacefest in San Diego. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jerome Bettis speaking at Nashville Sportsfest (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

360px-Levar_Burton,_Disney_Social_Media_Moms_Conference_2014,_2-crop-2 By Josh Hallett

February 16, 2025 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Model, Selita Ebanks ! Activist, Claudia Jones ! NFL player, Darrell Green ! Actress/Singer, Amber Riley !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Amber Riley at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Darrell Green, former American football player. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

305px-SelitaEbanksJun09-2 By Porter Hovey

February 15, 2025 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Abolitionist/Author, Frederick Douglas ! Actor/Tap Dancer, Gregory Hines ! NFL player, Steve McNair ! NFL player, Jadeveon Clowney ! NFL player, Alshon Jeffery !

written by Marc Alexander

South Carolina Gamecocks signee Jadeveon Clowney attempts to sack Tennessee Volunteers signee Justin Worley in a high school football game in Rock Hill, South Carolina on August 28, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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By Ian McCormick

Jadeveon Clowney

Steve McNair

, retired American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens (at time of photo) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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334px-Frederick_Douglass_portrait-2 By George Kendall Warren

February 14, 2025 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Todays Afro Birthday’s ! NFL player, Randy Moss ! NFL player, Aqib Talib ! Rapper, Freedom Williams !

written by Marc Alexander

Photo by Jeffrey Beall

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Randy Moss #81 of the New England Patriots before a preseason game against the Washington Redskins at FedExField on August 28, 2009 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

438px-Randy_Moss-2 By Keith Allison

February 13, 2025 0 comment

Afro Birthdays

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Robert Griffin III ! NBA player, Bill Russell ! Talk Show Host/Actor, Arsenio Hall ! NFL player, DeMarco Murray ! Singer, Elle Varner !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Baylor quarterback, Robert Griffin III, signing autographs at the 2009 Meet the Bears scrimmage (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bill Russell waiting in the Green Room of the White House. He is about to receive the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)