Today in Afro History ! Sgt. William H. Carney becomes first Afro American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1900 !
By James E Reed – Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Boxer, Marvelous Marvin Hagler ! Singer/Actor, Scatman Crothers ! Singer, Maxwell !
Today in Afro History ! Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first Afro American U.S. Air Force General in 1959 ! Langston Hughes passes away in 1967.

Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., commander of the Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group, in front of his P-47 Thunderbolt in Sicily. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

from http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/070207-F-9999W-001.jpg. General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., an aviation pioneer, is one of the most famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Model, Naomi Campbell ! Actor, Paul Winfield ! Singer, Johnny Gill ! Singer, Donell Jones ! Singer, Vivian Green !

Naomi Campbell at FashionWeekLive in San Francisco, March 15, 2007. Photo by Jesse Gross. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Mary Jane Patterson becomes the first Afro American woman to earn a B. A. Degree when she receives her Degree from Oberlin College in 1862 !
Mary Jane Patterson’s home in Washington D. C.
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Ricky Williams ! Rapper, Notorious B.I.G. ! Actor, Mr. T ! Singer, Ronald Isley ! Jazz Pianist, Thomas “Fats” Waller !

Fats Waller, three-quarter length portrait, seated at piano, facing front / World Telegram & Sun photo by Alan Fisher. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Larry Holmes defeats Tim Witherspoon in Heavyweight Championship fight in 1983 !
Today in Afro History ! Willy T. Ribbs becomes the first Afro American to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in 1991 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Activist, Malcolm X ! Writer, Lorraine Hansberry ! NBA player, Kevin Garnett ! Singer, Grace Jones ! NFL player, London Fletcher ! NBA player, Mario Chalmers !

English: Malcolm X waiting for a press conference to begin on March 26, 1964 Deutsch: Malcolm X, aufgenommen am 26. März 1964, auf den Beginn einer Pressekonferenz wartend (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet before a press conference. Both men had come to hear the Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was the only time the two men ever met; their meeting lasted only one minute. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the separate but equal decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896.
English: The corner of Press and Royal Streets, where the memorial to Plessy v Ferguson stands (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Side one of the memorial in New Orleans, Louisianna of the Plessy-v-Ferguson memorial located at the corner of Press St & Royal St (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! MLB player, Reggie Jackson ! Tennis Player, Yannick Noah ! NFL player, Vince Young !
Today in Afro History ! Brown vs. Board of Education ruling by U.S. Supreme Court in 1954 !

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas, USA – Monroe Elementary school, where racial segregation was challenged in 1954 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Monroe Elementary School – Brown Vs the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas national historic site. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas, USA – Monroe Elementary school, where racial segregation was challenged in 1954 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Tony Parker ! Boxer, Sugar Ray Leonard ! Actor, Tahj Mowry ! NBA player, Channing Frye ! Singer, Kandi Burruss ! Actress, Rochelle Aytes !

עברית: טוני פארקר, שזכה בפרס בשנת 2007. Hrvatski: Tony Parker je jedini europski igrač koji je osvojio ovu nagradu. 日本語: トニー・パーカー. ไทย: โทนี พาร์กเกอร์. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)