Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Choreographer/Dancer, Alvin Ailey ! Actor, Ted Lange ! Actress, Brooklyn Sudano ! NFL player De’Anthony Thomas !

Photo by Shavar Ross 
Portrait of Alvin Ailey in 1955 CREDIT: Carl Van Vechten, photographer. “Portrait of Alvin Ailey.” 1955 Mar. 22. Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964, Library of Congress. In the public domain: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vvhtml/vvres.html he:תמונה:Alvin Ailey.jpg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“DeAnthony Thomas photo by Josh Alder” by BoboMejor
Today in Afro History ! Ralph Bunche becomes the first Afro American Appointed to the State Department in 1944 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Boxer, Floyd Patterson ! NBA player, Al Jefferson ! Opera Singer, Grace Bumbry ! Actress, Jill Marie Jones !
English: Grace Bumbry at the White House for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Al Jefferson Bobcats” by joshuak8
“Floyd Patterson 1962” by Unknown
“Floyd Patterson Wild Wild West 1968” by CBS Television
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’s Afro Birthdays ! Race Car Driver, Willy T. Ribbs ! Actress, Nicole Beharie ! Model/Actress, Liya Kebede !
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’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Cuba Gooding Jr. ! Author/Director, Oscar Micheaux ! Actor, Taye Diggs ! Actress, Erica Hubbard ! NFL player, Calvin Hill !

Football player Calvin Hill in the locker room of the Cleveland Browns in 1979. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Actress Erica Hubbard Hosts S.I.S. Safe is Sexy Sexy is Safe for National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day at Salon Heaven on Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA. Photo by Adam Bielawski (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. by Kozaryn” by Photo by Linda D. Kozaryn (American Forces Press Service)
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’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Morris Chestnut ! Rapper/DJ, Grandmaster Flash ! NFL player, Jason Pierre-Paul ! NBA player, Glen Davis ! Actress, Carmen Ejogo ! Singer, Tank !
“Dj Grandmaster Flash-01-mika” by Mika-photography
“Glen Davis Washington at Orlando 055” by Mike
“Morris Chestnut by Gage Skidmore” by Gage Skidmore.
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’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Donna Summer ! Gymnast, Gabby Douglas ! Singer/Musician, Odetta ! NFL player, Jason Campbell ! Sculptor, Selma Burke !
“GabbyDouglasAtMetsGame” by Robert Kowal
“Jason Campbell 2011” by Jeffrey Beall
“Odetta (1961)” by Jac. de Nijs / Anefo – Nationaal Archief.
“Selma-Burke-WPA-1935” by Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project; Pinchos Horn, photographer
“Donna Summer 1977” by Casablanca Records
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
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Lebron James ! Golfer, Tiger Woods ! Actress, Sheryl Lee Ralph ! Boxer, Laila Ali ! Musician, Bo Diddley ! Singer/actor, Tyrese Gibson ! NBA player, Kenyon Martin !
“LeBron James (15662939969)” by Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA
LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers in action against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center on April 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Bo Diddley in Prague (Lucerna Bar) Français : Bo Diddley à Prague (Lucerna Bar) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)






