Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Abolitionist/Author, Frederick Douglas ! Actor/Tap Dancer, Gregory Hines ! NFL player, Steve McNair ! NFL player, Jadeveon Clowney ! NFL player, Alshon Jeffery !

written by Marc Alexander February 14, 2025

South Carolina Gamecocks signee Jadeveon Clowney attempts to sack Tennessee Volunteers signee Justin Worley in a high school football game in Rock Hill, South Carolina on August 28, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Jadeveon Clowney

Steve McNair

, retired American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens (at time of photo) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Marc Alexander

Today in Afro History ! The “New York Renaissance” aka ” The Harlem Rens “an all Afro American pro basketball team was established in 1923 ! Joseph L. Searles III becomes the first Afro American member of the New York Stock Exchange in 1970 !

Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Abolitionist/Author, Frederick Douglas ! Actor/Tap Dancer, Gregory Hines ! NFL player, Steve McNair ! NFL player, Jadeveon Clowney ! NFL player, Alshon Jeffery !

Today in Afro History ! The “New York Renaissance” aka ” The Harlem Rens “an all Afro American pro basketball team was established in 1923 ! Joseph L. Searles III becomes the first Afro American member of the New York Stock Exchange in 1970 !

Today in Afro History ! Aretha Franklin records ” Respect ” in 1967 ! Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta in Middleweight title fight in 1951 !

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