Afro History Today in Afro History ! Frank E. Petersen Jr. becomes U.S. Marines first Afro American Brigadier General in 1979 ! written by Marc Alexander February 23, 2024 List of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Commanders (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today in Afro History ! Frank E. Petersen Jr. becomes U.S. Marines first Afro American Brigadier General in 1979 ! was last modified: February 2nd, 2024 by Marc Alexander 0 comment 0 Facebook Twitter Google + Pinterest Marc Alexander previous post 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 ! next post Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. ! MLB player, Eddie Murray ! Actor, O’Shea Jackson Jr. ! You may also like Jazz keep Favors with 2-year, $36M agreement July 2, 2018 Five-Year-Old Fighting War On Trash In The... July 9, 2018 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Olympic Gold medalist... July 8, 2023 Cool Company release new single "Shadow" (feat.... May 8, 2018 15 Rap & R&B Videos That Pushed... May 4, 2018 Sources: Brady has yet to say he’ll... April 18, 2018 The making of Chaka Khan July 17, 2018 Why Is A Deep Ellum Club Owner... June 25, 2018 This Week In Golf: Kevin Na Dominates... July 9, 2018 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Author/Poet, James Baldwin... August 2, 2023 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.