Afro Birthdays

Bruce Smith at the 2009 NFL Pro Bowl. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

CAPE TOWN/SOUTH AFRICA, June 4, 2008 – Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, captured during the Opening Plenary of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa, June 4, 2008. Copyright World Economic Forum/Eric Miller (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Chris Harris, a National Football League player on the Denver Broncos American football team (2011- ). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Venus Williams plays Vera Dushevina on the opening day of the US Open 2009. Cropped (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Venus Williams at a Hudson Union Society event in July 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Venus Williams at the 2010 US Open (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

James Weldon Johnson’s poetry influenced Angelou’s writing in Singin’ and Swingin’. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Eddie Levert singing at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Concert 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Ice Cube (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A picture of Dusty talking to Chris Welsh (off camera) before a game against the Phillies in Philadelphia, July 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

c. 1947 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Renaldo “Obie” Benson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Will Claye during 2011 World championships Athletics in Daegu (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Antawn Jamison (Photo credit: Keith Allison)

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

Cropped screenshot of Hazel Scott from the trailer for the film Rhapsody in Blue. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New York Mets SS – José Reyes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Actress Hattie McDaniel, 1941 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Hattie McDaniel’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for Radio, at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Kanye West at the Vanity Fair kickoff part for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. Photographer’s blog post about this event and photo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Prince first visit to ireland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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

English: L.A. Reid and Mariah Carey (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Brian McKnight appears to be singing the national anthem at the start of a Cleveland Cavaliers home game at the Quicken Loans Arena as they host the Washington Wizards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Athlete speaking at the Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Keith David in June 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

U.S. Navy photograph of Admiral Samuel Gravely, ca. 1970 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)