Today in Afro History ! Muhammad Ali is convicted of draft evasion after refusing induction into the armed services in 1967 ! Harry Belafonte become the first Afro American to win an Emmy in 1960 !

Portrait of Harry Belafonte, singing, 1954 Feb. 18. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Bust portrait of Muhammad Ali, World Journal Tribune photo by Ira Rosenberg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Curt Anderson interviews Muhammad Ali (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Harry Belafonte, Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)