Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Sprinter, Wallace Spearmon ! Gospel singer, Hezekiah Walker ! Director/Actor, Lee Daniels ! NFL player, Tim Jennings ! High Jumper, Brigetta Barrett !
English: Brigetta Barrett during 2011 World championships Athletics in Daegu (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Tim Jennings 2013 Pro Bowl (cropped)” by United States Marine Corps/Sgt. D.R. Cotton
“Lee Daniels 2013” by Greg Hernandez
“Wallace Spearmon” by André Zehetbauer from Schwerin, Deutschland – Spearmon Sieger 200m.
Today in Afro History ! Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announces she will voluntarily imprison herself in Bella Yalla Prison, Christmas day in 2009 !
Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England escorts Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf into the Pentagon Oct. 24, 2007. England and Johnson-Sirleaf will discuss a variety of bilateral security issues of interest to both nations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Condoleezza Rice and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Français : Condoleezza Rice et Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf campaigning in Monrovia, Liberia in 2005, shortly before she was elected. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Ellen Johnson Sirleaf February 2015” by Ash Carter
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Businesswoman, Madame C.J. Walker ! Journalist/Actress Karyn Bryant ! MLB player, Hanley Ramirez ! Actress, Fredi Washington ! Singer, Esther Phillips !

English: Karyn Bryant is an American actress, writer, and television personality. Ms. Bryant notified me that she e-mailed “permissions-en@wikimedia.org” approving the rights to use this photo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Hanley Ramirez (16638294644) (2)” by Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA
“Imitation of Life (1934)–Fredi Washington” by Universal Pictures
“Esther Phillips 1976” by Esther_Phillips_1976.
“Madame CJ Walker” by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.) (photographers). – Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History : Archives Center.
Today in Afro History ! Bernhard Goetz shoots four Afro American youths on N.Y.C. subway train in 1988.
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Bern Nadette Stanis ! Singer, Jordin Sparks ! MLB player, Lonnie Smith ! Congressman, Arthur W. Mitchell !
Photo of the Evans family from the television program Good Times. From left: Ralph Carter (Michael), Bernnadette Stanis (Thelma), Jimmie Walker (J.J.), Esther Rolle (Florida), John Amos (James). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Arthur W. Mitchell” by U.S. Congress
Today in Afro History ! Three White teens are convicted of murdering Afro American, Michael Griffith in Howard Beach, New York in 1987.
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actor, Samuel L. Jackson ! Sprinter, Florence Griffith Joyner ! Baseball player, Josh Gibson ! NFL player, Mark Ingram Jr. ! Singer, Betty Wright !
Alabama running back and Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, Jr. at the White House during the BCS national champion Crimson Tide’s visit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Florence Griffith Joyner of the U.S. Olympic team in the oval office. 10/24/88. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Negro League legend Josh Gibson’s plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Samuel L Jackson at San Diego ComicCon 2008” by pinguino k
Today in Afro History ! Dreamgirls opens on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre in 1981 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Olympic sprinter/NFL player, Bob Hayes ! MLB player/Manager, Cecil Cooper ! NBA player, Trent Tucker ! NFL player, LLoyd Mumphford ! NFL player, Martavis Bryant ! NBA player, Royal Ivey !
“Lloyd Mumphord 1978” by Baltimore Colts / National Football League
“Royal Ivey 76ers” by Keith Allison
“Bob hayes cowboys” by Unknown – Here. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons
“Bob Hayes 1964” by Unknown – [1]. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons
Today in Afro History ! Anguilla becomes a British dependency territory in 1980 !
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NFL player, Reggie White ! Actress, Cicely Tyson ! Actor, Tim Reid ! Historian/Author, Carter G. Woodson ! Model, Tyson Beckford ! NFL player, Warren Sapp ! NBA player, Mo Williams !
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Actor, director and producer Tim Reid relays a humorous anecdote about how his life was changed from at-risk youth to successful businessman and actor after he met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reid was guest speaker at the Pentagon Jan. 11 for the birthday observance of Dr. King. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Tyson Beckford at FashionWeekLive in San Francisco, March 15, 2007. Photo by Jesse Gross. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Warren Sapp at 2010 Pro Bowl – cropped” by Anthony Quintano
“Reggie White packers” by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia
“Carter G Woodson portrait” by Unknown
Today in Afro History ! Niger gains autonomy within the French community in 1958 !

English: Mamadou Tandja, President of Niger, visiting George W. Bush at the Oval Office in June 2005. Français : Mamadou Tandja, Président du Niger, rendant visite à G. W. Bush dans le bureau ovale en juin 2005. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: US Embassy in Niger: Students in make-shift classrooms like these will be beneficiaries of school building projects funded through the MCC threshold program (Photo credit: Wikipedia)









