Afro History

English: Milwaukee Braves outfielder and Hall of Famer Hank Aaron in a 1960 issue of Baseball Digest. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron at the 2008 All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade. © Rubenstein, photographer Martyna Borkowski (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hank Aaron’s Hall of Fame plaque (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hank Aaron’s jersey worn when he broke Babe Ruth’s record. 03:09, 23 May 2005 . . Googie man . . 270×382 (24,156 bytes) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Booker T. Washington, half-length portrait, seated (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. Digitally retouched. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Booker T Washington” – NARA – 559045 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Matthew Henson, American explorer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet before a press conference. Both men had come to hear the Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was the only time the two men ever met; their meeting lasted only one minute. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Tomb of Martin Luther King, Jr. & Coretta Scott King (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Martin Luther King, 1964 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Ronald Harmon Brown, Secretary of Commerce for President Clinton (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Marvin Gaye in 1973 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Marvin Gaye performing in concert during the 1970s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in a promotional 1967 photo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1870 celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment as a guarantee of African American voting rights (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jazz singer Joe Williams (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bill Russell waiting in the Green Room of the White House. He is about to receive the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell during a basketball game (Photo credit: Wikipedia)