Afro History
Today in Afro History ! William H. Hastie, becomes the first Afro American judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 1949 !

William H. Hastie was the first African American appointed to a United States Court of Appeals, the Third Circuit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Judge William H. Hastie, dean of the Howard University Law School, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War, ca. 1941 – NARA – 535835 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 !

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. meet at the White House, 1966 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Dr. Martin Luther King giving his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963. Español: Dr. Martin Luther King dando su discurso “Yo tengo un sueño” durante la Marcha sobre Washington por el trabajo y la libertad en Washington, D.C., 28 de agosto de 1963. (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)
Today in Afro History ! Wilt Chamberlain passes away in 1999. Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain in 1968 !

edited (colour) picture Image:Wilt Chamberlain.jpg Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player wearing uniform of Harlem Globetrotters. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The Morant Bay Rebellion led by Paul Bogle, begins in 1865 !
 Statue of Paul Bogle in Jamaica
 Statue of Paul Bogle in Jamaica
Today in Afro History ! Inventor, Elijah McCoy passes away in 1929. “The Great Hurricane of 1780” hits the Caribbean.
Today in Afro History ! Uganda gains its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 !
Today in Afro History ! Derek Walcott is awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992 !
Today in Afro History ! Iowa State University’s first Afro American football player, Jack Trice suffered fatal injuries during a game in 1923. He died two days later.
Today in Afro History ! Barry Bonds breaks single season home run record by hitting his 71 and 72 home run in 2001 !

Barry Bonds at the plate against the Cubs. According to Yahoo sports and the image’s Flickr Page, Michael Barrett is behind Bonds (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Basutoland, which was renamed” The Kingdom of Lesotho”, gains independence from The United Kingdom in 1966 !

File showing the locations of the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Republic of South Africa (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! O.J. Simpson is acquitted of murder in 1995. Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in 1993.

Michael Durant’s helicopter (Super64) heading out over Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. Super64 was the second helicopter to crash on the Battle of Mogadishu. Ranger Mike Goodale rode on this helicopter before the battle erupted. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NBC Sports commentator and former professional football player O. J. Simpson sits with a group of servicemen to watch a Thanksgiving Day football game. Simpson is visiting U.S. troops who are in the region for Operation Desert Shield. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cropped from Football star/actor/accused murderer O.J. Simpson, with his daughter, Sydney Brooke Simpson, at the Kahala Hilton Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Aerial view, right side profile, of a US Marine helicopter as it flies over a MOGADISHU residential area on a patrol mission to look for signs of hostilities. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
 By derivative work Gerald Johnson – O.J._Simpson_1990
 By derivative work Gerald Johnson – O.J._Simpson_1990
Today in Afro History ! Thurgood Marshall bcomes the first Afro American U.S. Supreme Court Justice in 1967 ! Guinea declares its independence from France in 1958 !

Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Kennedy to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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





































