Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Former NAACP Executive Director, Roy Wilkins ! NBA player, Robert Parish ! Actress, Michael Michele ! NFL player, Derrick Ward ! Saxophonist, Gerald Albright !

Today in Afro History ! The Black Panther Party has confrontation with Philadelphia police resulting in one police officers death in 1970. Lou Brock breaks Ty Cobbs stolen base record in 1977 !