Today in Afro History ! Dr. Daniel Hale Williams becomes the first Afro American to perform open heart surgery in 1893 !

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 !