Afro History

Martin Luther King, 1964 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Gracie Mansion, Rev. Martin Luther King press conference / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Martin Luther King leaning on a lectern. Deutsch: 1964: Martin Luther King Português: Martin Luther King (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Beach with palms in Ghana, Westafrica (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Map of Ghana Español: Mapa de Ghana (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Supreme Court of Ghana is a lovely example of the colonial architecture in West Africa. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Photo of the Independence Arch in Accra, Ghana, built to commemorate Ghana’s independence. The national motto, Freedom and Justice is boldly inscribed at the top of the arch. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: A group of drummers in Accra, Ghana, wearing dashiki shirts and knitted kufi caps. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bloody Sunday – Alabama police attack Selma-to-Montgomery Marchers, 1965. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bloody Sunday (1965) – Alabama officers await demonstrators at the Edmund Pettus Bridge From http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/voting.htm (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dred Scott’s grave, Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dred Scott, whose famous case to gain his freedom began as a lawsuit filed in St. Louis in 1846 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Harriet Scott, wife of Dred Scott. Noted from “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, June 27, 1857.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Crispus Attucks (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

An artist’s conception of Crispus Attucks (1723–1770), the first “martyr” of the American Revolution. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: My photo of the Boston Massacre victims grave including Crispus Attucks in Boston Massachusetts’ Granary Burying Ground. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Screenshot of footage of King beaten by LAPD officers on March 3, 1991 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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

Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

edited (colour) picture Image:Wilt Chamberlain.jpg Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player wearing uniform of Harlem Globetrotters. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Uganda (orthographic projection) Português: Uganda (projeção ortográfica) Español: Uganda (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Downtown Uganda (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Students in Uganda (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Ethnolinguistic map of Uganda. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The platinum record for Michael Jackson’s Thriller album on display at the Hard Rock Café, Hollywood in Universal City, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Michael Jackson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: The star of Michael Jackson on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood Deutsch: Der Stern von Michael Jackson auf dem Walk of Fame in Hollywood (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Carl Lewis in midair during a long jump for track and field as an athlete at the University of Houston (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Carl Lewis at the “green carpet” for the Save the World Awards 2009 (Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, Lower Austria). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Civil Rights Movement Co-Founder Dr. Ralph David Abernathy and his wife Mrs. Juanita Abernathy follow with Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King as the Abernathy children march on the front line, leading the SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCH in 1965. The Children are Donzaleigh Abernathy in striped sweater, Ralph David Abernathy, 3rd and Juandalynn R. Abernathy in glasses. Name of the white Minister in the photo is unknown. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jimmie Lee Jackson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Elijah Muhammad standing behind microphones at podium / World Telegram & Sun photo by Stanley Wolfson. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Kwame Nkrumah, the First President of Ghana (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Kwame Nkrumah’s grave inside the Kwame Nkrumah memorial in Accra Ghana. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)