Afro History
Today in Afro History ! Agbani Darengo of Nigeria is crowned Miss World in 2001 !
Map of languages of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Benin, showing subgrooups of the systematics of the Niger-Congo-family such as exmples of the Atlantic branch (Ful), the Mande branch (Bokobaru), the North-Volta-group of the Volta-Congo-branch (parts of Kru and of Adamawa-Ubangui), of the South-Volta Group most of West Benue, the whole Platoid, Cross River, and North Bantoid groups, all non-Bantu of the South Bantoid Group, and the northwestern edge of the Bantu area. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Author/Activist, Booker T. Washington passes away in 1915.
Today in Afro History ! U.S. Supreme Court declares Alabama bus segregation law illegal in 1956 !
English: The bus on which Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a U.S. civil rights landmark. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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)

Deutsch: Said Ali, Sultan v. Gross-Comoro, im Exil auf Reunion (März 97 phot.) Geografische Zuordnung: Afrika südlich der Sahara\Indischer Ozean\Reunion Museum für Völkerkunde Wien, Fotosammlung Inv.-Nr. VF_5511 Schenkung: Franz Sikora (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Centre of the Capital of the Comoros. With Central Mosque and Harbor Bay. Deutsch: Die Hauptstadt der Komoren, Moroni Español: Moroni, Capital de las Islas Comoras (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Improved version of the logo for Template:North American Slave Revolts, using the same public domain image, created in photoshop. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Discovery of Nat Turner: wood engraving illustrating Benjamin Phipps’s capture of Nat Turner (1800-1831) on October 30, 1831 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Howard University College of Medicine founded in 1868 !
Today in Afro History ! Edward W. Brooke becomes the first Afro American Senator in 1966 !
Today in Afro History ! David Dinkins becomes the first Afro American Mayor of New York City in 1989 !
English: :David Dinkins at The Citizens Committee for New York City’s “New Yorker for New York City” Gala Honoring Nine passionate Champions of the City’s Neighborhoods. Category:Images of American politicians (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The United Nations passes a resolution condemning South Africa’s apartheid in 1962 !

Photo by express000 
Today in Afro History! Shirley Chisholm becomes the first Afro American woman elected to U.S. Congress in 1968 !
Today in Afro History ! Barack Obama becomes the first Afro American elected as President of the United States in 2008 !
English: Cropped version of File:Official portrait of Barack Obama.jpg. The image was cropped at a 3:4 portrait ratio, it was slightly sharpened and the contrast and colors were auto-adjusted in photoshop. This crop, in contrast to the original image, centers the image on Obama’s face and also removes the flag that takes away the focus from the portrait subject. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)










By Source

