Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Actress, Josephine Baker ! Singer, Curtis Mayfield ! Singer, Denise Williams ! NBA player, Al Horford ! NBA player, Otto Porter ! Dr, Charles R. Drew !

English: Curtis Mayfield performing for Dutch televisie in 1972 Nederlands: Curtis Mayfield tijdens een televisieoptreden in Nederland in 1972 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Josephine Baker dancing the Charleston at the Folies Bergère, Paris — Revue Nègre Dance (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Photo by Rudolf Suroch of Josephine Baker. Havana, Cuba. 1950 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Al Horford, the 3rd pick (Photo credit: Wikipedia)