Afro History
Today in Afro History ! Uganda gains its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 !
Today in Afro History ! Derek Walcott is awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992 !
Today in Afro History ! Iowa State University’s first Afro American football player, Jack Trice suffered fatal injuries during a game in 1923. He died two days later.
Today in Afro History ! Barry Bonds breaks single season home run record by hitting his 71 and 72 home run in 2001 !

Barry Bonds at the plate against the Cubs. According to Yahoo sports and the image’s Flickr Page, Michael Barrett is behind Bonds (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Basutoland, which was renamed” The Kingdom of Lesotho”, gains independence from The United Kingdom in 1966 !

File showing the locations of the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Republic of South Africa (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! O.J. Simpson is acquitted of murder in 1995. Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in 1993.

Michael Durant’s helicopter (Super64) heading out over Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. Super64 was the second helicopter to crash on the Battle of Mogadishu. Ranger Mike Goodale rode on this helicopter before the battle erupted. (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)
Cropped from Football star/actor/accused murderer O.J. Simpson, with his daughter, Sydney Brooke Simpson, at the Kahala Hilton Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Aerial view, right side profile, of a US Marine helicopter as it flies over a MOGADISHU residential area on a patrol mission to look for signs of hostilities. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By derivative work Gerald Johnson – O.J._Simpson_1990
Today in Afro History ! Thurgood Marshall bcomes the first Afro American U.S. Supreme Court Justice in 1967 ! Guinea declares its independence from France in 1958 !

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

English: Guinea (orthographic projection) Português: Guiné (projeção ortográfica) Español: Guinea (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Joe Black becomes the first Afro American pitcher to win a World Series Game in 1952 ! Muhammad Ali Defeats Joe Frazier in Manilla Philippines called ” The Thriller in Manilla ” in 1975 !

English: Bust portrait of Muhammad Ali, World Journal Tribune photo by Ira Rosenberg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Joe Black in a 1953 issue of Baseball Digest. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Joe Frazier was awarded the Order of the Palmetto in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The Republic of Botswana gains its independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 !

Bushmen in Deception Valley, Botswana demonstrating how to start a fire by rubbing sticks together. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Location of Botswana Español: Mapa de Botsuana Suomi: Botswanan sijainti (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Residence hall of the University of Botswana in Gaborone, Botswana (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The first Afro American owned TV station ( WGPR-TV) begins airing in Detroit Michigan in 1975 !

WGPR station ID, 1980s. Variations of this “rainbow” logo would be used until CBS purchased it in 1995. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)