Today in Afro History ! Arthur Ashe is inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/ Deborah Cox ! Singer/ Gerald Levert ! Actress/ Daphne Maxwell Reid ! Boxer, Michael Spinks !
Today in Afro History ! The 1967 Newark riots erupted because of police racial profiling, lack of quality education and jobs. Ended on july 17 after 26 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Comedian/Actor Bill Cosby ! Actress/ Beah Richards ! NFL player, LeSean McCoy ! Actress, Lisa Nicole Carson !
061003-N-0000K-001 Dr. William H. “Bill” Cosby speaks at Frederick Douglass High School during his visit to the school. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The Niagara Movement is founded by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1905.
Left: Niagara Movement leaders W.E.B. Du Bois (seated), and (left to right) J.R. Clifford, L.M. Hershaw, and F.H.M. Murray at Harpers Ferry. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Women at the 1906 Niagara Movement Conference at Harpers Ferry: Mrs. Gertrude Wright Morgan (seated) and (left to right) Mrs. O.M. Waller, Mrs. H.F.M. Murray, Mrs. Mollie Lewis Kelan, Mrs. Ida D. Bailey, Miss Sadie Shorter, and Mrs. Charlotte Hershaw. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Patrick Peterson ! Boxer, Leon Spinks ! Actress, Kellita Smith ! NFL player, Andre Johnson ! Actress, Cassi Davis ! Singer, Bonnie Pointer ! NFL player, Jacoby Jones ! Rapper Lil Kim !
English: Lil’ Kim, Actor, Grammy Award winning, American multi-platinum rapper. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! First Afro Mayor of NYC, David Dinkins ! Educator/Activist, Mary McLeod Bethune ! Tennis Champion, Arthur Ashe ! Actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor ! NFL player, Antonio Brown ! Rapper/Actor Christopher Martin !
English: :David Dinkins at The Citizens Committee for New York City’s “New Yorker for New York City” Gala Honoring Nine passionate Champions of the City’s Neighborhoods. Category:Images of American politicians (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Chiwetel Ejiofor at the premiere of Redbelt at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Christopher “Kid” Reid and Christopher “Play” Martin at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! The “African Union” is founded in 2002 ! E. Frederic Morrow becomes the first Afro American to hold an executive position at the White House in 1955 !
Map of African, with African Union member states in dark green and states with suspended membership in light green (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Richard Roundtree ! NFL player, O.J. Simpson ! Singer/Songwriter/Actor, Jester Hairston ! Singer, Debbie Sledge ! Singer/Actress Kiely Williams !
070217-N-5608F-004 Baltimore – Peabody Award-winning actor Richard Roundtree hosts the 21st Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Gala Awards Ceremony. BEYA recognizes excellence in engineering for government and civilian organizations, and is one of the largest diversity events the Navy participates in annually. Roundtree is most recognized for his work as John Shaft in the movie and television franchises. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NBC Sports commentator and former professional football player O. J. Simpson sits with a group of servicemen to watch a Thanksgiving Day football game. Simpson is visiting U.S. troops who are in the region for Operation Desert Shield. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Today in Afro History ! Roy Wilkins becomes Executive Director of the NAACP in 1965 !
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. Davis, Jr., actor and performer, with Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., 08/28/1963 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Olympic Gold medalist in sprints and hurdles, Harrison Dillard ! Jazz singer, Billy Eckstine ! MLB player, Josh Harrison ! Actor, Rocky Carroll ! Actor, Jaden Smith !

English: Jaden Smith at The Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2009 Русский: Джейден Смит на концерте The Nobel Peace Prize в 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)






