“Isandhlwana” by Charles Edwin Fripp
Afro History
Today in Afro History ! Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity founded at Howard University in 1914 ! Fisk University founded in 1866 !
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” by Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by User:Legoktm using CommonsHelper..
Today in Afro History ! Jackie Robinson announces his retirement from baseball in 1957. The African National Congress founded in 1912.
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)
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 !
“Soupy Sales Harlem Globetrotters 1969” by CBS Television
Today in Afro History ! Jazz Trumpeter/Band Leader, Dizzy Gillespie passes away in 1993.
English: Dizzy Gillespie in a Concert, 1988, Edited Česky: Dizzy Gillesspie na koncertě v roce 1988. Obrázek byl upraven. (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
Today in Afro History ! Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity founded in 1911 ! “The Wiz” opens on Broadway in 1975 !
Today in Afro History ! Ralph Bunche becomes the first Afro American Appointed to the State Department in 1944 !
Today in Afro History ! Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 !
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)
“Aretha Franklin” by Atlantic Records – Billboard, page 9, 15 July 1967.
Today in Afro History ! Whites attack Afro American residents in Rosewood Florida, killing eight people in 1923.
The remains of Sarah Carrier’s house where two blacks and two whites were killed in Rosewood in January 1923 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! David Dinkins becomes the 1st Afro American mayor of N.Y.C in 1990 ! Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Summary Map of counties covered and not covered by the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“David dinkins” by Photo by Steve Mack/S.D. Mack Pictures.
Today in Afro History ! Actor, James Avery passes away in 2013. Hulan Jack becomes the first Afro American Borough President of Manhattan in 1953 !
Today in Afro History ! The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, an all Afro army volunteer unit was activated in 1943, making them the first Afro American paratroopers. AKA “The Triple Nickels”
“20111110-OC-AMW-0004 – Flickr – USDAgov” by U.S. Department of Agriculture

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“Abidjan2” by Zenman+ Marku1988.



