Afro History
Today in Afro History ! Blues singer, Bessie Smith dies in car accident in 1937.
Today in Afro History ! Nine Afro American students were escorted by the U.S. Army into Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. This Forced desegregation was ordered by Dwight D. Eisenhower after angry protesters had them removed on their first day of school in 1957 !
English: Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
New York City Mayor Robert Wagner greeting the teenagers who integrated Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas / World Telegram photo by Walter Albertin. Pictured, front row, left to right: Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Carlotta Walls, Mayor Wagner, Thelma Mothershed, Gloria Ray; back row, left to right: Terrance Roberts, Ernest Green, Melba Pattilo, Jefferson Thomas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Guinea-Bissau declares independence from Portugal in 1973 !
Today in Afro History ! Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations in 1983 !
Today in Afro History ! Shaka, The Zulu King is killed in 1828. The Sudanese Republic becomes the Independent Republic of Mali in 1960 !
English: Mali (orthographic projection) Português: Mali (projeção ortográfica) Español: Mali (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Beachside with a donkey cart in Gambia. Français : Le bord de mer et une charrette tirée par un âne. 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 ! James Meredith was refused admission to the University of Mississippi, but later admitted under pressure of protestors and President John F. Kennedy in 1962 !
walking to class at University of Mississippi, accompanied by U.S. marshals. According to http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c35515, the men flanking Meredith are U.S. Marshal James McShane (left) and of the Justice Department (right) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

walking to class at University of Mississippi, accompanied by U.S. marshals. Cropped image from this file. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! St. Kitts and Nevis gain independence from the United Kingdom in 1983 !
English: For use in St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla, based off of Image:LocationAnguilla.png, a wikipedia map, seen below. Image:LocationAnguilla.png (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: The Grey Area Around the Red Star Indicates the Location and City Limits of the City of Basseterre on the Island of St. Kitts. Suomi: Basseterren kaupungin sijainti on merkitty karttaan punaisella tähdellä. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jimi Hendrix performs for Dutch television show Hoepla in 1967. Nederlands: Jimi Hendrix treedt op in het Nederlandse televisieprogramma Hoepla in 1967. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell during a Jimi Hendrix Experience’s performance for Dutch television show Hoepla in 1967. Nederlands: Jimi Hendrix en Mitch Mitchell tijdens een optreden van The Jimi Hendrix Experience in het Nederlandse televisieprogramma Hoepla in 1967. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Vanessa Williams becomes the first Afro American woman to be crowned Miss America in 1983 !
Today in Afro History !” The Emperor Jones” starring Paul Robeson is released in 1933 !

Paul Robeson,American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, Spingarn Medal winner, and Stalin peace prize laureate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks in 1978 at the Superdome in New Orleans, making him the first Heavyweight to win the Championship title three times !

Muhammad Ali, who engaged in more ‘fight of the year’ contests than any other fighter in boxing history, sixCitation needed spanning almost two decades. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Zaire) in 1960 !
English: Meeting in the Oval Office between Nixon and President Mobutu Sese Seku of Zaire. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger meets with President Mobutu of Zaire in his Pentagon office, Room 3E880. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger meets with President Mobutu of Zaire in his Pentagon office, Room 3E880. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)










