Today in Afro History ! Boxer, Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston for the Heavy Weight championship in 1964 ! Elijah Muhammad passes away in 1975.
Elijah Muhammad standing behind microphones at podium / World Telegram & Sun photo by Stanley Wolfson. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
cliff1066 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/4438857719/Today’s Afro Birthday ! Model/Actress, Veronica Webb ! Olympic Gold Medalist (sprinter) Donald Quarrie ! NFL player, James Starks ! Actress, Rashida Jones !
English: Green Bay Packer running back James Starks riding a fan’s bicycle at pre-season training camp, Green Bay Wisconsin, August 1, 2011 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By David ShankboneToday in Afro History ! The first elected president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah is ousted in a military coup in 1966.
President John F. Kennedy Attends Arrival Ceremonies for Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, President of the Republic of Ghana (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Kwame Nkrumah’s grave inside the Kwame Nkrumah memorial in Accra Ghana. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. ! MLB player, Eddie Murray ! Actor, O’Shea Jackson Jr. !
English: Floyd Mayweather during a press conference for the fight against Victor Ortiz at the Hudson Theatre on June 28, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Eva Rinaldi
By DEWALT POWER TOOLS FIGHT NIGHT CLUB 2010Today in Afro History ! Frank E. Petersen Jr. becomes U.S. Marines first Afro American Brigadier General in 1979 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Activist/Author W.E.B Du Bois ! NBA player, Andrew Wiggins ! NFL player, Charles Tillman ! NFL player, Byron Maxwell ! NFL player, Ed “Too Tall” Jones ! Actress, Niecy Nash !
Niecy Nash at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 – 1963), co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in 1918. Deutsch: Der Soziologe William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963), Mitbegründer der afroamerikanischen Bürgerrechtsorganisation National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), aufgenommen 1918 von C.M. Battey (1873–1927). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Saint Lucia gains its independence from the United Kingdom in 1979 !
English: This photo is taken by Chensiyuan; it shows the town of Soufrière, St Lucia, as seen from the road approaching it from the north, and in the background the twin peaks of Petit Piton and Gros Piton. Español: Esta foto tomada por Chensiyuan muestra el pueblo de Soufrière, en Santa Lucía, visto desde la carretera que se aproxima a él desde el norte, y en el fondo están los dos picos Petit Piton y Gros Piton. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The village of Soufriere lit up as night falls. the Pitons in the background are volcanic plugs rising straight out ogf the sea. St. Lucia W.I. the pitons are a world heritage site. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Pitons in St. Lucia with the fishing village of Soufriere in the foreground (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Petit Piton, St. Lucia. Gros Piton in the background. Deutsch: Petit Piton, St. Lucia. Im Hintergrund Gros Piton. Euskara: Petit Piton eta Gros Piton mendiak. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Julius “Dr J” Erving ! NBA player, Rajon Rondo ! NFL player, Khalil Mack !
Khalil Mack
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English: Julius Erving in 1981 performing a slam dunk against the Atlanta Hawks at Omni Coliseum. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Activist, Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City in 1965.
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)
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)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Politician, Barbara Jordan ! Singer/Activist, Nina Simone ! Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe ! Sprinter, Leroy Burrell !
English: Photograph of Barbara Jordan Memorial taken at nighttime on May 6, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Original caption: President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe listens as Prof. Alpha Oumar Konare, chairman of the Commission of the African Union, addresses attendees at the opening ceremony of the 10th Ordinary Session of the Assembly during the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Thomas J. O’Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine




