Afro History

Today in Afro History ! The Anglo-Zulu War against British colonial rule in South Africa begins in 1879 !

written by Marc Alexander

640px-Isandhlwana “Isandhlwana” by Charles Edwin Fripp

January 11, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! The Ivory Coast becomes a protectorate of France in 1889.

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517px-location_cote_divoire_au_africa-svg By Alvaro1984 18

“Abidjan2” by Zenman+ Marku1988.

January 10, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity founded at Howard University in 1914 ! Fisk University founded in 1866 !

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Members of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity perform at the Division MWR Field House at Camp Liberty. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Achap1914-2 “Achap1914” by Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by User:Legoktm using CommonsHelper..

January 9, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Jackie Robinson announces his retirement from baseball in 1957. The African National Congress founded in 1912.

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English: Publicity photo of Jackie Robinson as an ABC broadcaster for “Major League Championship Baseball”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jackie Robinson and his son David Being Interviewed at the “March on Washington” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

January 8, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Harlem Globetrotters play first game in 1927 ! Marian Anderson becomes first Afro American to perform with the N.Y. Metropolitan Opera in 1955 !

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A contralto Marian Anderson em 1920. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson in Japan – NARA – 195989 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Marian Anderson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

640px-Soupy_Sales_Harlem_Globetrotters_1969-2 “Soupy Sales Harlem Globetrotters 1969” by CBS Television

January 7, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Jazz Trumpeter/Band Leader, Dizzy Gillespie passes away in 1993.

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English: Dizzy Gillespie in a Concert, 1988, Edited Česky: Dizzy Gillesspie na koncertě v roce 1988. Obrázek byl upraven. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dizzy Gillespie with the Italian singer Sergio Caputo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie (John Birks), 1955 Dec. 2. Full-length portrait, seated, facing left, playing horn. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Dizzy Gillespie01” by Roland Godefroy

January 6, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity founded in 1911 ! “The Wiz” opens on Broadway in 1975 !

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The Annual Dance of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

January 5, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Ralph Bunche becomes the first Afro American Appointed to the State Department in 1944 !

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A bust of Ralph Bunche, Bunche Hall, UCLA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Ralph Bunche – 1963 March on Washington” by U.S. Information Agency.

January 4, 2020 0 comment

Afro History

Today in Afro History ! Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 !

written by Marc Alexander

English: Aretha Franklin sings “My Country ‘Tis Of Thee'” at the U.S. Capitol during the 56th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)