Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper, Doug E. Fresh ! NBA player, Rasheed Wallace ! Actor, Malik Yoba !

English: NBA player, Rasheed Wallace. (Cropped version from File:Rasheed_Wallace_2.jpg) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Doug E. Fresh at the Williamsburg Waterfront, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, August 29, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History !” The Emperor Jones” starring Paul Robeson is released in 1933 !

Paul Robeson,American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, Spingarn Medal winner, and Stalin peace prize laureate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Blues singer/musician, B.B. King ! NBA player, Elgin Baylor ! Olympic Gold Medalist hurdler, Kevin Young ! Actress, Kyla Pratt ! Singer, Jon Hendricks !

B.B. King at the 1990 Grammy Awards show. Crop from Image:B.B. King (1990).jpg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Kyla Pratt attending the 35th Birthday of Claudia Jordan at Boulevard 3, Hollywood, CA 04-13-08 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks in 1978 at the Superdome in New Orleans, making him the first Heavyweight to win the Championship title three times !

Muhammad Ali, who engaged in more ‘fight of the year’ contests than any other fighter in boxing history, sixCitation needed spanning almost two decades. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Nipsey Russell ! Opera Singer, Jessye Norman ! Jazz Saxophonist, Cannonball Adderley ! NBA player, Jason Terry ! NFL player, Aaron Ross !

Aaron Ross during pre game. Houston Texans Vs. New York Giants. Reliant Stadium. Houston, Tx. 10-10-2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Zaire) in 1960 !

English: Meeting in the Oval Office between Nixon and President Mobutu Sese Seku of Zaire. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger meets with President Mobutu of Zaire in his Pentagon office, Room 3E880. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger meets with President Mobutu of Zaire in his Pentagon office, Room 3E880. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Rapper, Nas ! NFL player, Michael Crabtree ! NBA player, Jimmy Butler ! MLB player, Delmon Young !

Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Delmon Young during a Devil Rays/Mets spring training game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Willie Mays hits his 500th career Home Run in 1965 ! Tupac Shakur dies in 1996.
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor/Director/Producer, Tyler Perry ! Sprinter, Michael Johnson ! Actress, Nell Carter ! Rhodes Scholar, Alain Locke ! BPP member, Geronimo Pratt !
Today in Afro History ! Dr. Mae Carol Jemison becomes the first Afro American woman in space in 1992 ! Anti-Aparthied activist Steve Biko dies while in police custody in 1977.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison, First African-American Woman in Space – GPN-2004-00020 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Olympic Gold Medalist, Jesse Owens ! Singer, Jennifer Hudson ! Singer, Barry White ! Singer, Ruben Studdard !

Jesse Owens shook racial stereotypes both with Nazis and segregationists in the USA at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

African-American Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Serena Williams wins Grand Slam Tournament in 1999, making her the first Afro American woman to win it since Althea Gibson won it in 1958 ! Peter Tosh is killed in 1987.

Peter Tosh with Al Anderson and Robbie Shakespeare, Bush Doctor Tour, Cardiff 1978 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Third seed Serena Williams, USA returns a shot during her 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 victory over Natalie Dechy, at the Family Circle Cup Tennis Tournament on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)