Afro Birthdays

English: Leon Spinks boxer in St. Louis 1995 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Andre Johnson of the Houston Texans (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: en:Mary McLeod Bethune (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: President Reagan and Arthur Ashe. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: :David Dinkins at The Citizens Committee for New York City’s “New Yorker for New York City” Gala Honoring Nine passionate Champions of the City’s Neighborhoods. Category:Images of American politicians (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

070217-N-5608F-004 Baltimore – Peabody Award-winning actor Richard Roundtree hosts the 21st Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Gala Awards Ceremony. BEYA recognizes excellence in engineering for government and civilian organizations, and is one of the largest diversity events the Navy participates in annually. Roundtree is most recognized for his work as John Shaft in the movie and television franchises. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

NBC Sports commentator and former professional football player O. J. Simpson sits with a group of servicemen to watch a Thanksgiving Day football game. Simpson is visiting U.S. troops who are in the region for Operation Desert Shield. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Kiely Williams during the “One World” Tour. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jester Hairston (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Harrison Dillard in the hurdles, Olympic Games, London, 1948. (Photo credit: National Media Museum)

Portrait of Billy Eckstine, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948 (LOC) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Photograph of Josh Harrison of the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jaden Smith at The Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2009 Русский: Джейден Смит на концерте The Nobel Peace Prize в 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Former WNBA star Lisa Leslie spoke at the Women’s Conference about how to build self-esteem and leadership in young women. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige in the uniform of the Kansas City Monarchs (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Satchel Paige (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Margaret Walker (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Brandon Jacobs signing autographs at a New York Giants training camp (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Publicity photo of Della Reese. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Della Reese at a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony for Mark Brunett. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

50 Cent at the 2009 American Music Awards Red Carpet. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Amantle Montsho at the 2011 Bislett Games (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

061205-N-8148A-074 – Montel Williams, a talk show host and former U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, spends time aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG-83) while traveling through the 5th Fleet area of operations to collect footage for a holiday special dedicated to U.S. service members. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Montel Williams at the premiere of War, Inc. at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

kristin.eonline.com – L.A. Confidential/Belvedere/Water Club/Sapporo Emmy Party (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

DR. CHARLES RICHARD DREW, M.D., C.M., MED. D.Sc. – PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, HOWARD UNIVERSTITY, CHIEF SURGEON… – NARA – 535693 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Kennedy to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Medgar Evers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Patrice E. Lumumba; Congo prime minister, premier ministre congolais, kongolesischer Ministerpräsident (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Carl Lewis at the “green carpet” for the Save the World Awards 2009 (Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, Lower Austria). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Carl Lewis – 1998 Houstonian (Photo credit: University of Houston Digital Library)

English: Carl Lewis in midair during a long jump for track and field as an athlete at the University of Houston (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Willie Dixon in 1979 in Cary, Illinois at Harry Hopes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Publicity photo of Lena Horne performing on The Bell Telephone Hour television show. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cropped screenshot of Lena Horne from the film Till the Clouds Roll By. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

David Alan Grier (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: description: Bassist Stanley Clarke & keyboardist George Duke 2006 photographer: ga8waybrotha photographer_location: St. Louis photographer_url: http://flickr.com/photos/69521988@N00 flickr_url: http://flickr.com/photos/69521988@N00/277232276/ taken:June 24, 2006 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Winner of season 3 of American Idol, Fantasia Barrino. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Actress Tichina Arnold talks with a fan at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Brandon Phillips (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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English: Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906), seminal African American poet, circa 1890. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka – US 400 metres runner LaShawn Merritt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Julius Thomas, a National Football League player. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: LaShawn Merritt finishing the 400m almost 1 second before Jeremy Wariner (out of the picture), august 21st 2008 at the Bird’s nest, Beijing Français : LaShawn Merritt à l’arrivée du 400m qu’il termine presque une seconde devant Jeremy Wariner le 21 août 2008 au nid d’oiseau, Pékin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: 400 m final at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin (Jeremy Wariner, Chris Brown, LaShawn Merritt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)