Today in Afro History ! Henry O. Flipper becomes the first Afro American to graduate from West Point in 1877 !
English: Photograph of Henry Ossian Flipper in his West Point cadet uniform. (http://www.usma.edu/Bicentennial/FlipperDinner.asp). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Photo of the first African American Graduate of West Point, Henry O. Flipper (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper/Actor, Ice Cube ! Activist/ Escaped Slave, Josiah Henson ! MLB player/Manager Dusty Baker ! Jazz Pianist, Erroll Garner !
A picture of Dusty talking to Chris Welsh (off camera) before a game against the Phillies in Philadelphia, July 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Jamaican Sprinter, Asafa Powell breaks 100m world record with a time of 9.77 seconds in 2005 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Marla Gibbs ! Actor, Fazion Love ! NBA player, Sam Perkins ! NFL player, Sammy Watkins ! Saxophonist/Singer, Junior Walker ! Singer/Songwriter, Renaldo Benson !
Today in Afro History ! Thurgood Marshall is nominated to become the first Afro American on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967 !
Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Kennedy to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Olympic Medalist ,Triple and Long Jumper, Will Claye ! NBA player, Hassan Whiteside ! NFL Player, Nate Jones !
Today in Afro History ! Activist, Medgar Evers is shot and killed in 1963. Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964.

English: Young Nelson Mandela. This photo dates from 1937. South Africa protect the copyright of photographs for 50 years from their first publication. See . Since this image would have been PD in South Africa in 1996, when the URAA took effect, this image is PD in the U.S. Image source: http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela/index.html (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Jrue Holiday ! NBA player, Antawn Jamison ! Actor, Eamonn Walker ! Comedian, Finesse Mitchell !
Today in Afro History ! Governor George Wallace tries to prevent Afro American Students from registering at the University of Alabama in 1963. Vivian Malone Jones being escorted in by Deputy U.S. Attorney General.
entering Foster Auditorium to register for classes at the University of Alabama. Vivian Malone, one of the first African Americans to attend the university, walks through a crowd that includes photographers, National Guard members, and Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Pianist, Hazel Scott ! WNBA player, Maya Moore ! MLB player, Jose Reyes !
Today in Afro History ! The first Afro American Heavyweight Champion, Jack Johnson passes away in 1946. Activist, Marcus Garvey passes away in 1940.
English: Jack Johnson, 1915 Source:Library of Congress – George Grantham Bain Collection Restrictions: Per LOC reproduction #LC-USZ62-29331 – no known restrictions on photograph Publish date: March 31, 1915 Photographer: Unknown Publisher:Unknown (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Academy Award winning Actress Hattie McDaniel ! Singer, Faith Evans ! Blues Singer, Howlin Wolf !
English: Hattie McDaniel’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for Radio, at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)














