Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Toni Braxton ! Bishop, Desmond Tutu ! Nation Of Islam Leader, Elijah Muhammad ! Actress, Nicole Ari Parker ! NFL player, Charles Woodson ! Activist, Amiri Baraka !

English: Nicole Ari Parker at a performance of The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker in December 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Toni Braxton on the Red Carpet at Vh1 Divas 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Desmond Tutu 2007 at the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag in Cologne 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Elijah Muhammad standing behind microphones at podium / World Telegram & Sun photo by Stanley Wolfson. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Amiri Baraka addressing the Malcom X Festival in San Antonio Park, Oakland, California (Photo credit: Wikipedia)