Afro History
Today in Afro History ! Marcus Garvey, an Afro Jamaican born in St. Ann’s Bay Jamaica, arrives in America in 1916 !
Today in Afro History ! The Post- Apartheid South African Government/ANC, takes control of the Ciskei homeland in 1994 !
English: school building of a settlement in former homeland Ciskei (South Africa) between Middledrift and King William’s Town Deutsch: Schulgebäude in einer Siedlung vom ehemaligen Homeland Ciskei (Südafrika) zwischen Middledrift und King William’s Town (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By User:Jcwf, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32978
Today in Afro History ! Actor, James Baskett receives Academy Award in 1947 ! Namibia gains its independence from South Africa in 1990 !

Clockwise from left: Ginny (Luana Patten), Uncle Remus (James Baskett), Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) and Toby (Glenn Leedy) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Sand dunes in Namib Desert, Namibia Deutsch: Sanddünen in der Namib-Wüste, Namibia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Detaillierte Karte Namibias. (FINALE VERSION) Detailed map of Namibia. (FINAL VERSION) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cape Ground Squirrels close to Solitaire in the Namib desert, Namibia Deutsch: Borstenhörnchen in der nähe von Solitaire, Namibwüste, Namibia Français : Des ecureuils de terre près de Solitaire, en Namibie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Disney’s Song of the South,
James Baskett as Uncle Remus
Today in Afro History ! Jan Ernst Matzeliger patents the shoe “Lasting Machine” in 1883 !
Today in Afro History ! Michael Jordan returns to Bulls after a 17 month retirement in 1995. Phoenix is striped of hosting the Super Bowl after Arizona refused to recognize MLK Holiday in 1991.
Today in Afro History ! 200 former slaves leave Savannah Ga. to establish themselves in Liberia Africa in 1895 !
English: Young boy grinding sugar cane between Flumpa and Kpeyi, Liberia, 1968. Français : Jeune garçon moulant de la canne à sucre au Liberia en 1968. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Mike Tyson defeats Frank Bruno to regain Heavyweight Title in 1996 !
Français : Boxer Mike Tyson in the ring at Las Vegas, Nevada, ca. October 2006. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Mike Tyson at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Brian Birzer
Mike Tyson
Today in Afro History ! “Freedom’s Journal”, the first Afro American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States. Founded in 1827 !
Today in Afro History ! Maurice Ashley becomes the first Afro American to receive the rank of International Grandmaster of Chess in 1999 !
Today in Afro History ! African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in New York in 1821 !
By AgnosticPreachersKid at en.wikipedia
John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church located in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington D.C. Est. 1847
Today in Afro History ! Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johansson in 6th round of heavy weight title fight in 1961 !
By CBS TelevisionToday in Afro History ! Jazz musician Charlie “Bird” Parker passes away in 1955.
Portrait of Charlie Parker, Tommy Potter, Miles Davis, and Max Roach, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Bird Lives,” (sculpture of Charlie “Bird” Parker) by Robert Graham (sculptor), 1999 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Charlie Parker residence on National Register of Historic Places in New York City (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By William P. Gottlieb
Today in Afro History ! Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin In The Sun” opened on Broadway at the Barrymore Theatre in 1959 !
Today in Afro History ! James Earl Ray pleads guilty to killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1969.
Gracie Mansion, Rev. Martin Luther King press conference / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Martin Luther King leaning on a lectern. Deutsch: 1964: Martin Luther King Português: Martin Luther King (Photo credit: Wikipedia)











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