Happy Birthday to Kareem Abdul Jabbar ! was last modified: April 16th, 2024 by Marc Alexander
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ! Actor, Martin Lawrence ! NFL player, Dick “Night Train” Lane ! Singer, Akon ! Singer, Roy Hamilton ! NBA player, Luol Deng !
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By Steve Jenner – The Sporting News Archives,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ! Actor, Martin Lawrence ! NFL player, Dick “Night Train” Lane ! Singer, Akon ! Singer, Roy Hamilton ! NBA player, Luol Deng ! was last modified: April 6th, 2024 by Marc Alexander
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Blues singer, Bessie Smith ! Civil Rights Activist, A. Philip Randolph ! Chicago Mayor, Harold Washington ! Sprinter, Evelyn Ashford ! Actor, Flex Alexander !
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By Carl Van Vechten
Bessie Smith
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Blues singer, Bessie Smith ! Civil Rights Activist, A. Philip Randolph ! Chicago Mayor, Harold Washington ! Sprinter, Evelyn Ashford ! Actor, Flex Alexander ! was last modified: April 6th, 2024 by Marc Alexander
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Joe Haden ! WNBA player, Cynthia Cooper-Dyke ! Jazz Saxophonist, Gene Ammons ! Rapper, Da Brat ! Actor, Antwon Tanner !
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By Erik Daniel Drost
Joe Haden
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Joe Haden ! WNBA player, Cynthia Cooper-Dyke ! Jazz Saxophonist, Gene Ammons ! Rapper, Da Brat ! Actor, Antwon Tanner ! was last modified: April 6th, 2024 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Sidney Poitier becomes first Afro American to win Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964 ! Tiger Woods becomes the first Afro American to win a Golf Major in 1997 !
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By United States Department of the Interior National Park Service
Today in Afro History ! Sidney Poitier becomes first Afro American to win Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964 ! Tiger Woods becomes the first Afro American to win a Golf Major in 1997 ! was last modified: April 6th, 2024 by Marc Alexander
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Al Green ! Singer, Peabo Bryson ! NFL player, Josh Gordon ! NBA player, Baron Davis ! NBA player, Tony Wroten !
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By Erik Daniel Drost
Josh Gordon
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Al Green
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Al Green ! Singer, Peabo Bryson ! NFL player, Josh Gordon ! NBA player, Baron Davis ! NBA player, Tony Wroten ! was last modified: April 6th, 2024 by Marc Alexander
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Musician, Herbie Hancock ! NFL player, Charles Mann !
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Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Musician, Herbie Hancock ! NFL player, Charles Mann ! was last modified: April 6th, 2024 by Marc Alexander
Today in Afro History ! Spelman College founded in 1881 ! was last modified: April 6th, 2024 by Marc Alexander
Today’s Afro BIrthdays ! The first Afro American woman judge in the U.S. , Jayne Bolin ! Actor, Meshach Taylor ! Journalist, Tony Brown ! Sprinter, Torrin Lawrence !
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