Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in 1955.

English: Photograph of Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King jr. (ca. 1955) Mrs. Rosa Parks altered the negro progress in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955, by the bus boycott she unwillingly began. National Archives record ID: 306-PSD-65-1882 (Box 93). Source: Ebony Magazine Ελληνικά: Φωτογραφία της Rosa Parks με τον Dr. Martin Luther King jr. (περ. 1955.) Español: Fotografía de Rosa Parks con Martin Luther King jr. (aprox. 1955). Français : Photographie Rosa Parks (ca. 1955) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The bus on which Rosa Parks was arrested triggering the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Rosa Parks Booking” by Source.

December 1, 2018 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Michael Jackson releases the No. 1 selling album of all time, “Thriller” in 1982 !

written by Marc Alexander

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)

Photo by PhotosByDavid

“Mjthriller” by Source.

Michael Jackson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

November 30, 2018 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! John Coltrane and Thelonius Monk perform together in concert at Carnegie Hall in 1957 !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Thelonious Monk, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, ca. September 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“John Coltrane 1963” by Gelderen, Hugo van / Anefo

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November 29, 2018 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Author, Richard N. Wright passes away in 1960 ! Ernie Davis becomes the first Afro American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961 !

written by Marc Alexander

Portrait of Richard Wright (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

November 28, 2018 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Marjorie Joyner patents the Permanent Waving Machine in 1928 ! Making her the first Afro American woman to receive a patent !

written by Marc Alexander

Permanent wave machine invented in 1928 by Marjorie Joyner – The first African American woman to receive a patent (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Patent image sheet 2 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Patent image sheet 3 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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November 27, 2018 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Abolitionist/Women’s Rights Activist, Sojourner Truth passes away in 1883.

written by Marc Alexander

Photo by U.S. Embassy The Hague

: Sojourner Truth, albumen silver print, circa 1870 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

November 26, 2018 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Sugar Ray Leonard regains the WBC Welterweight Championship in 1980 ! Harold Washington, the first Afro American Mayor of Chicago passes away in 1987.

written by Marc Alexander

The Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago. Taken by Douglas Kaye, 2005. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Lobby of the Harold Washington Library (Chicago), view from the 2nd level. Français : Lobby de la Harold Washington Library (Chicago), vue depuis le 2 e niveau. (Photo credit: Wikipedia

English: Harold Washington Cultural Center (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Sugar Ray Leonard” by Mark Mathosian

November 25, 2018 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Mobutu Sese Seko seizes total control over The Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President in 1965. He renames it Zaire in 1971 !

written by Marc Alexander

Photo by Julien Harneis

U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger meets with President Mobutu of Zaire in his Pentagon office, Room 3E880. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Young women in preparing manioc bread or Fufu. Own work – photo made by Bob Walker in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1988 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Map of major languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Euskara: Kongoko Errepublika Demokratikoko handi hizkuntzen mapa (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: DRC, orthographic projection. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

November 24, 2018 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! The Largest ever mass immunization of yellow fever begins in West Africa in 2009 !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Second graders in a primary school after it was rebuilt after being damaged in the Sierra Leone Civil War. In Koidu Sierra Leone (Photo credit: Wikipedia)