Afro Birthdays
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Kemba Walker ! NFL player, Ronnie Lott ! NFL Coach, Lovie Smith ! Boxer, Sonny Liston ! Blues guitarist, Robert Johnson ! Poet, Phillis Wheatley !
English: LOVIE SMITH, of the Chicago Bears, in action during the Bears game against the Cleveland Browns on November 1, 2009 in Chicago, IL. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Kemba Walker
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Kemba Walker
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Thelma Houston ! NBA player, Shawn Marion ! NFL player, Earl Thomas ! NFL player, Rueben Randle !
Today’s Afro Birthday ! NBA player, Chris Paul ! MLB player, Willie Mays ! Actress, Lynn Whitfield ! Boxer, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter !

Original description: Willie Mays, standing, wearing baseball uniform, with arm around shoulders of Roy Campanella, seated / World Telegram & Sun photo by William C. Greene. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Verse PhotographyToday’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Chris Brown ! Martial Artist/Actor, Jim Kelly ! NFL player, Ike Taylor ! Singer, Raheem Devaughn ! Singer, Johnnie Taylor !
English: Raheem DeVaughn, American singer/songwriter performs for military members, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 20, 2010. Raheem DeVaughn was visiting Germany on a USO tour to boost service members morale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Desiree Esposito) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: BLACK SOUL SINGER JOHNNY TAYLOR PERFORMS AT THE INTERNATIONAL AMPHITHEATER IN CHICAGO AS PART OF PUSH ‘BLACK EXPO’ IN THE FALL OF 1973. THE ANNUAL EVENT SHOWCASES BLACK TALENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, STARS, ART AND PRODUCTS TO PROVIDE BLACKS WITH AN AWARENESS OF THEIR HERITAGE AND CAPABILITIES, AND HELP THEM TOWARDS A BETTER LIFE. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, George Hill ! NFL player, James Harrison ! Singer, Jackie Jackson ! NBA player, Victor Oladipo ! Jamaican Singer, Jacob Miller !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, James Brown ! Boxer, Sugar Ray Robinson ! Actress, Meagan Tandy ! Actor, Dule Hill !
English: American boxer Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989) in the ring at Madison Square Garden for last time. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: version of American boxer Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989) being held aloft by other boxers. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Heinrich KlaffsToday’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Paul George ! Inventor, Elijah McCoy ! NBA player, Thabo Sefolosha ! Actor, Roscoe Lee Browne !
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Roscoe Lee Browne
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Ray Parker Jr. ! Actor, Darius McCrary ! Singer, Tina Atkins-Campbell ! Actress, Drew Sidora ! NBA player, Amir Johnson ! Hurdler, Michelle Perry ! First Afro American news anchor, Max Robinson !
English: Ray Parker Jr. live at the Montreux Jazz Festival – July 15th, 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Clockwise from left: Steve (White), Laura (Williams), Myra (Thomas), Eddie (McCrary) Harriette (Payton) and Carl (VelJohnson) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka – Michelle Perry after winning the women’s 100 metres hurdles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player/Coach, Isiah Thomas ! NBA player, Brandon Bass !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Musician, Edward “Duke” Ellington ! Singer, Tammi Terrell ! Rapper/Producer, Master P ! Singer, Erica Atkins-Campbell !
English: Duke Ellington, a famous jazz musician, poses with his piano at the KFG Radio Studio. KFG is Fitzsimons Army Medical Center’s radio station. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Josh Howard ! Actress, Madge Sinclair ! Musician, Robert Greenidge ! Actress, Aleisha Allen !
By Mwinog2777Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Activist, Coretta Scott King ! Playwright, August Wilson ! Singer, Cuba Gooding Sr. !
English: Photo of Cuba Gooding, Sr. taken at a performance in San Diego, California. He was singing “Everybody Plays The Fool.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Giancarlo Esposito ! Singer, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins ! Singer, Avant ! Jamaican Sprinter, Novlene Williams-Mills !
By FrantogianToday’s Afro Birthdays ! Jazz Singer, Ella Fitzgerald ! NBA player, Tim Duncan ! Harlem Globetrotter, Meadowlark Lemon ! NFL player, DeAngelo Williams !
DeAngelo Williams at the Sorcerer Hat Stage during ESPN The Weekend, February 26, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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