Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Poet/Author, Maya Angelou ! Singer, Jill Scott ! NBA player Ben Gordon ! Blues Musician, Muddy Waters ! MLB player, Cameron Maybin !

Maya Angelou (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

President Barack Obama presenting Maya Angelou with the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Ben Gordon of the Detroit Pistons during a game against the Milwaukee Bucks (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Muddy Waters in Toronto, Canada, 1971 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cameron Maybin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)