Afro Birthdays

B.B. King at the 1990 Grammy Awards show. Crop from Image:B.B. King (1990).jpg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Sign for B.B. King’s Blues club on Beale Street, Memphis (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Kyla Pratt attending the 35th Birthday of Claudia Jordan at Boulevard 3, Hollywood, CA 04-13-08 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Aaron Ross during pre game. Houston Texans Vs. New York Giants. Reliant Stadium. Houston, Tx. 10-10-2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jason Terry (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Season two winner of American Idol, Ruben Studdard. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jesse Owens shook racial stereotypes both with Nazis and segregationists in the USA at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

African-American Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson at the 83rd Academy Awards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Shaun Livingston with the Washington Wizards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

, American football player for the Baltimore Ravens (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jazz and soul artist Roy Ayers in concert on March 29, 2006 by Werner Nieke (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Photo of NBA Hall of Famer Bob Lanier. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Ben Wallace playing with the Cleveland Cavaliers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Travis Daniels, a player on the Kansas City Chiefs American football team. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka – South African 800 metres runner Mbulaeni Mulaudzi after the semifinal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Sonny Rollins on the main stage at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Antonio McDyess of The San Antonio Spurs, against The Boston Celtics, March 31, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Actress Anika Noni Rose at the 2010 Academy Awards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Idris Elba at a 2007 American Music Awards after-party (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Macy Gray performs live on Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto, Canada, to mark the start of the 2008 Christmas holiday season. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Washington Wizards v/s Philadelphia 76ers November 23, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: , American actor (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Beyonce Knowles in Barcelona, 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Portrait of Richard Wright (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Beyoncé singing Listen (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Lewis Howard Latimer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Billy Preston in the Oval Office (Photo credit: Wikipedia)