Today in Afro History ! NAACP makes an appeal to the United Nations on racism in 1947 !
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 – 1963), co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in 1918. Deutsch: Der Soziologe William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963), Mitbegründer der afroamerikanischen Bürgerrechtsorganisation National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), aufgenommen 1918 von C.M. Battey (1873–1927). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Legendary Soccer player, Pele ! Singer, Dianne Reeves ! Author, Michael Eric Dyson !
Today in Afro History ! The Supremes becomes the first all female group to have a No. 1 selling album in 1966 ! Actor, Cleavon Little passes away in 1992 !

The Supremes: Diana Ross (left), Mary Wilson (center), Florence Ballard (right) circa 1965 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! MLB player, Robinson Cano ! Ethiopian Runner, Tiki Gelana ! Jamaican singer, Shaggy ! Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale !
Original six members of the Black Panther Party (November, 1966) Top left to right: Elbert “Big Man” Howard; Huey P. Newton (Defense Minister), Sherman Forte, Bobby Seale (Chairman). Bottom: Reggie Forte and Little Bobby Hutton (Treasurer) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Robinson Cano holds a bat prior to a game between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles on August 28, 2011 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Shaggy Deutsch: Shaggy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! A coup d’etat brings Siad Barre to power in Somalia in 1969 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Jazz Trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie ! Astronaut, Ronald McNair ! NBA player, Shelden Williams ! NBA player, Festus Ezeli ! Actress, LaTanya Richardson !
Today in Afro History ! The” Johnny Bright Incident ” occurs in 1951. Governor, Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency in Kenya in 1952 because of the Mau Mau Uprising.

Johnny Bright Photo by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives 

Intentional late hit breaks Johnny Bright’s jaw Photo by A Meyers 91 
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper, Snoop Dogg ! Former Kenya President, Jomo Kenyatta ! First female NAACP President, Enolia McMillan ! NBA player, Eddie Jones ! Actress, Jennifer Freeman !
Today in Afro History ! The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy after its invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 !
Orthographic map of Africa, showing Ethiopia location. Français : Carte orthographique de l’Afrique, montrant l’emplacement de l’Éthiopie. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Boxer, Evander Holyfield ! Actor, Omar Gooding ! Singer, Jennifer Holiday ! Actress, LaWanda Page ! Singer, Peter Tosh ! MLB player, Rajai Davis !
Peter Tosh with Al Anderson and Robbie Shakespeare, Bush Doctor Tour, Cardiff 1978 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Evander Holyfield vs. Lou Savarese, El Paso Texas, June 30, 2007, photograph by John Kloepper (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Ne-Yo ! Singer, Chuck Berry ! Jazz Musician, Wynton Marsalis ! Boxer, Thomas Hearns ! Novelist, Terry McMillan ! WNBA player, Brittney Griner ! Actress, Joy Bryant !


















