Afro History
Today in Afro History ! Robert S. Abbott publishes Chicago’s first Afro newspaper “The Chicago Defender” in 1905 ! Moneta Sleet wins Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1969 !
English: Chicago, Illinois. Mr. John Sengstacke, part owner and general manager of the Chicago Defender, one of the leading Negro newspapers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Chicago, Illinois. Copy reader of the Chicago Defender, one of the leading Negro newspapers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Linotype operators of the Chicago Defender, Negro newspaper. Chicago, Illinois (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Chicago, Illinois. Newsboy selling the Chicago Defender, a leading Negro newspaper (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Freedom rides begin in 1961 ! The First of the freedom riders left from Washington D.C. !
Today in Afro History ! Jamaican saxophonist Cedric Brooks passes away in 2013. The Supreme Court ruling in 1948, Shelley vs. Kraemer, stating that covenants prohibiting Afro Americans from purchasing real estate, are legally unenforceable.
By Libertinus YomangoToday in Afro History ! First game of the National Negro Baseball League played in 1920 !
Today in Afro History ! Gwendolyn Brooks receives Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 !
Today in Afro history ! Willie Mays hits 4 Home Runs in a single game in 1961 !
English: President Barack Obama talks with baseball great Willie Mays aboard Air Force One en route to the 2009 MLB All-Star Game in St. Louis, July 14, 2009. Français : Le président Barack Obama discute avec l’ancien grand joueur de baseball Willie Mays à bord d’Air Force One en route pour le Match des étoiles de la Ligue majeure de baseball 2009 à St. Louis, 14 juillet 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Catch: Willie Mays hauls in Vic Wertz’s drive at the warning track in the 1954 World Series. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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)
Today in Afro History ! Ashmun Institue becomes the first chartered Afro-American college in 1854, now named Lincoln University !
Today in Afro History ! Muhammad Ali is stripped of title for refusing to be drafted into Vietnam War in 1967 ! Samuel Lee Gravely becomes first Afro admiral in U.S. Navy !
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English: Bust portrait of Muhammad Ali, World Journal Tribune photo by Ira Rosenberg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana passes away in 1972. Sierra Leone gains it’s independence in 1961 ! Togo gains it’s independence in 1960 !
Today in Afro History ! Jazz Pianist and Band Leader, Count Basie, passes away in 1984. South Africa held its first all races election after the ending of apartheid in 1994.
This is a screen capture of Count Basie at the piano from the movie “Rhythm and Blues Revue”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cropped screenshot of Count Basie and his band with featured vocalist Ethel Waters from the film Stage Door Canteen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The United Negro College fund is Founded in 1944 ! Charles “Chuck” Cooper becomes the first Afro American player to be drafted by an NBA team ! He was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1950.
By FarragutfulToday in Afro History ! Gambia Becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970 !
English: January 2008 / Serekunda, The Gambia. Français : Sourire de Gambie. Photo prise en Janvier 2008 à Serrekunda, en Gambie. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Gambia River in its lower reaches flowing through the entire length of The Gambia up to its joining the North Atlantic Ocean (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Namibia joins the United Nations in 1990 ! Charlotte E. Ray becomes the first Afro American female lawyer in 1872 !
Detaillierte Karte Namibias. (FINALE VERSION) Detailed map of Namibia. (FINAL VERSION) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Sand dunes in Namib Desert, Namibia Deutsch: Sanddünen in der Namib-Wüste, Namibia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A picture of the skyline of Windhoek, Namibia. In the foreground you can see the location of TransNamib, The Namibian Railway. The mountains of the Khomas Hochland dominate the horizon with the Christuskirche visible in the middle. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cape Ground Squirrels close to Solitaire in the Namib desert, Namibia Deutsch: Borstenhörnchen in der nähe von Solitaire, Namibwüste, Namibia Français : Des ecureuils de terre près de Solitaire, en Namibie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)


















