Today in Afro History ! The “Soweto Uprising”. A non-violent march of over 10,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns violent when police open fire on the crowd in 1976. Kenneth A. Gibson becomes first Afro American Mayor of Newark in 1970 ! was last modified: June 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
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Today in Afro History ! Henry O. Flipper becomes the first Afro American to graduate from West Point in 1877 !
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English: Photograph of Henry Ossian Flipper in his West Point cadet uniform. (http://www.usma.edu/Bicentennial/FlipperDinner.asp). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Photo of the first African American Graduate of West Point, Henry O. Flipper (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Henry O. Flipper becomes the first Afro American to graduate from West Point in 1877 ! was last modified: June 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Jamaican Sprinter, Asafa Powell breaks 100m world record with a time of 9.77 seconds in 2005 !
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Today in Afro History ! Thurgood Marshall is nominated to become the first Afro American on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967 !
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Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Kennedy to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Thurgood Marshall is nominated to become the first Afro American on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967 ! was last modified: June 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Activist, Medgar Evers is shot and killed in 1963. Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964.
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English: Young Nelson Mandela. This photo dates from 1937. South Africa protect the copyright of photographs for 50 years from their first publication. See . Since this image would have been PD in South Africa in 1996, when the URAA took effect, this image is PD in the U.S. Image source: http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela/index.html (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Activist, Medgar Evers is shot and killed in 1963. Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964. was last modified: June 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Governor George Wallace tries to prevent Afro American Students from registering at the University of Alabama in 1963. Vivian Malone Jones being escorted in by Deputy U.S. Attorney General.
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entering Foster Auditorium to register for classes at the University of Alabama. Vivian Malone, one of the first African Americans to attend the university, walks through a crowd that includes photographers, National Guard members, and Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Governor George Wallace tries to prevent Afro American Students from registering at the University of Alabama in 1963. Vivian Malone Jones being escorted in by Deputy U.S. Attorney General. was last modified: June 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! The first Afro American Heavyweight Champion, Jack Johnson passes away in 1946. Activist, Marcus Garvey passes away in 1940.
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English: Jack Johnson, 1915 Source:Library of Congress – George Grantham Bain Collection Restrictions: Per LOC reproduction #LC-USZ62-29331 – no known restrictions on photograph Publish date: March 31, 1915 Photographer: Unknown Publisher:Unknown (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The first Afro American Heavyweight Champion, Jack Johnson passes away in 1946. Activist, Marcus Garvey passes away in 1940. was last modified: June 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Comedian/Actor Richard Pryor suffers severe burns to his body in 1980. Larry Holmes defeats Ken Norton for the WBC Title in 1978 !
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Today in Afro History ! Comedian/Actor Richard Pryor suffers severe burns to his body in 1980. Larry Holmes defeats Ken Norton for the WBC Title in 1978 ! was last modified: June 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Baseball Legend, Satchel Paige passes away in 1982. James Earl Ray is Captured for killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.
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Today in Afro History ! Baseball Legend, Satchel Paige passes away in 1982. James Earl Ray is Captured for killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. was last modified: June 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Phylicia Rashad wins a tony for leading role in ” A Raisin in the Sun ” in 2004 ! Civil Rights Activist James Meredith is shot while marching across Mississippi in 1966.
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walking to class at University of Mississippi, accompanied by U.S. marshals. According to http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c35515, the men flanking Meredith are U.S. Marshal James McShane (left) and of the Justice Department (right) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Phylicia Rashad wins a tony for leading role in ” A Raisin in the Sun ” in 2004 ! Civil Rights Activist James Meredith is shot while marching across Mississippi in 1966. was last modified: June 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Dr. Mae Jemison becomes a NASA astronaut in 1987 ! She would eventually be the first Afro American woman in space.
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Dr. Mae C. Jemison, First African-American Woman in Space – GPN-2004-00020 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Astronauts Dr. N. Jan Davis (left) and Dr. Mae C. Jemison (right) are mission specialists on board the STS-47 mission. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Dr. Mae Jemison becomes a NASA astronaut in 1987 ! She would eventually be the first Afro American woman in space. was last modified: May 7th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in 1979 !
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Today in Afro History ! Barack Obama is nominated by the Democratic Party to run for President of the United States in 2008 !
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Official photographic portrait of US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
With his family by his side, Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States by Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr. in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington’s 1789 inauguration. VIRIN: 090120-F-3961R-919 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Barack Obama is nominated by the Democratic Party to run for President of the United States in 2008 ! was last modified: May 7th, 2025 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Harriet Tubman leads over 100 Union Solders in the Combahee River Raid, which freed over 700 slaves in 1863 !
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Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, probably at her home in Auburn, New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Notice published in the Cambridge Democrat (1849), offering a reward for the return of Harriet Tubman and her two brothers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Harriet Tubman leads over 100 Union Solders in the Combahee River Raid, which freed over 700 slaves in 1863 ! was last modified: May 7th, 2025 by Marc Alexander













