Today in Afro History ! Jazz musician Charlie “Bird” Parker passes away in 1955.

Portrait of Charlie Parker, Tommy Potter, Miles Davis, and Max Roach, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Bird Lives,” (sculpture of Charlie “Bird” Parker) by Robert Graham (sculptor), 1999 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Charlie Parker residence on National Register of Historic Places in New York City (Photo credit: Wikipedia)