Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player Antoine Walker ! Actress, Yvette Nicole Brown ! NFL player, Plaxico Burress !
Today in Afro History ! African Nation of Chad gains independence from France in 1960 !
Women in Mao, where water is provided by a water tower. Access to clean water is often a problem in Chad. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A Chadian maternity ward. Although improving, Chad’s infrastructure remains far less developed than that of its northern neighbours. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Viola Davis ! Actress, Sophie Okonedo ! Actor, Duane Martin ! Author, Alex Haley ! NBA player, Patrick “Patty” Mills !
English: Viola Davis at the film premiere of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows in Alice Tully Center, New York City in November 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Carl Lewis wins 4 gold medals at Olympics in 1984 !
English: Carl Lewis in midair during a long jump for track and field as an athlete at the University of Houston (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Carl Lewis in World Championships in Athletics in 1983 Français : Carl Lewis championnats du monde 1983 Helsinki Suomi: Carl Lewis Yleisurheilun maailmanmestaruuskilpailuissa Helsingissä vuonna 1983 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Carl Lewis at the “green carpet” for the Save the World Awards 2009 (Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, Lower Austria). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Author/Educator, Anna J. Cooper ! Heavyweight boxing champion, Riddick Bowe ! NBA player, John Starks ! Singer, Michael Bivins ! Singer, Aaron Hall ! Singer Patti Austin !
English: Boxing Heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe visited the Pan African Center and posed for pictures with soldiers from the 548th Service Support Battalion, the Marines and Sailors from the 3rd of the 11th, Twentynine Palms, and the Somalia Sports Committee. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold Medals at Olympics in 1936
African-American Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jesse Owens with Ralph Metcalfe at track and field tryouts at Randall’s Island Stadium in New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Jesse Owens shook racial stereotypes both with Nazis and segregationists in the USA at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Whitney Houston ! NFL player, Deion Sanders ! Sprinter, Tyson Gay ! NBA player, Derek Fisher ! MLB player, Jason Heyward !
English: jason heyward hitting a homerun in his first major league at bat. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Whitney Houston talking to the audience before proceeding to perform “Saving All My Love for You” during the HBO-televised concert “Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston” honoring the troops, who took part in Operation Desert Storm, their families, and military and government dignitaries. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders in 2008. Cropped from original Flickr image. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)














