Afro History
Today in Afro History ! The Tulsa Race riot of 1921, where whites burned down the affluent Afro community nicknamed “The Black Wall Street” !

Little Africa on Fire. Tulsa Race Riot, June 1st, 1921 Apparently taken from the roof of the Hotel Tulsa on 3rd St. between Boston Ave. and Cincinnati Ave.. The first row of buildings is along 2nd St. The smoke cloud on the left (Cincinnati Ave. and the Frisco Tracks) is identified in the Tulsa Tribune version of this photo as being where the fire started. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Little Africa on fire. Tulsa Race Riot, June 1st, 1921 This photo was taken from on top of the Santa Fe Freight office at 1st St. and Elgin Ave., showing the fires on Archer towards Greenwood. The Goodner-Malone company (1 N. Frankfurt) building is in the center of the photo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Undetermined. – This image is from a postcard in the collection of McFarlin Library, University of Tulsa
Today in Afro History ! The southeastern region of Nigeria declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, which started a 2 1/2 year civil war in 1967.
Map showing the location of the secessionist Republic of Biafra within Nigeria. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Mayor Thomas Bradley elected as the first Afro American Mayor of Los Angeles in 1973 !
Today in Afro History ! Fifteen West African countries sign “The Treaty of Lagos” in 1975, creating the Economic Community of West African States !
Today in Afro History ! Jomo Kenyatta is elected as the first Prime Minister of Kenya in 1963 !
English: Aerial photograph of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO/HKJK) in Nairobi, Kenya (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Jomo Kenyatta Statue in front of Kenya High Court, Nairobi, Kenya Русский: Памятник Джомо Кениате, Найроби, Кения (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Althea Gibson becomes the first Afro American woman to win a major tennis title by winning the French Open in 1956 !

Althea Gibson, half-length portrait, holding tennis racquet / World Telegram & Sun photo by Fred Palumbo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In 1950 tennis star Althea Gibson (1927-2003) became the first African American to compete in the U.S. Nationals. The next year she became the first African American to play at Wimbledon, England. (Museum of American History – Behring Center) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Jesse Owens of Ohio State University, breaks three world records and ties a fourth in 1935 !

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

English: Jesse Owens with Ralph Metcalfe at track and field tryouts at Randall’s Island Stadium in New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Abolitionist, John Brown led a revolt in 1856, which is now known as The Pottawatomie Massacre !
Today in Afro History ! Sgt. William H. Carney becomes first Afro American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1900 !
By James E Reed – Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
Today in Afro History ! Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first Afro American U.S. Air Force General in 1959 ! Langston Hughes passes away in 1967.

Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., commander of the Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group, in front of his P-47 Thunderbolt in Sicily. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

from http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/070207-F-9999W-001.jpg. General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., an aviation pioneer, is one of the most famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Mary Jane Patterson becomes the first Afro American woman to earn a B. A. Degree when she receives her Degree from Oberlin College in 1862 !
Mary Jane Patterson’s home in Washington D. C.
Today in Afro History ! Larry Holmes defeats Tim Witherspoon in Heavyweight Championship fight in 1983 !
Today in Afro History ! Willy T. Ribbs becomes the first Afro American to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in 1991 !
Today in Afro History ! The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the separate but equal decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896.
English: The corner of Press and Royal Streets, where the memorial to Plessy v Ferguson stands (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Side one of the memorial in New Orleans, Louisianna of the Plessy-v-Ferguson memorial located at the corner of Press St & Royal St (Photo credit: Wikipedia)