Afro Birthdays Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Tennis Champion, Venus Williams ! Author/Lyricist/Civil Rights Activist, James Weldon Johnson ! Singer, Simone Battle ! written by Marc Alexander June 17, 2023 English: Venus Williams plays Vera Dushevina on the opening day of the US Open 2009. Cropped (Photo credit: Wikipedia) English: Venus Williams at a Hudson Union Society event in July 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Venus Williams at the 2010 US Open (Photo credit: Wikipedia) James Weldon Johnson’s poetry influenced Angelou’s writing in Singin’ and Swingin’. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) James Weldon Johnson Residence, 187 West 135th Street, Manhattan, New York City (Photo credit: Wikipedia) View image | gettyimages.com Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Tennis Champion, Venus Williams ! Author/Lyricist/Civil Rights Activist, James Weldon Johnson ! Singer, Simone Battle ! was last modified: June 2nd, 2023 by Marc Alexander 0 comment 0 Facebook Twitter Google + Pinterest Marc Alexander previous post Today in Afro History ! The “Soweto Uprising”. A non-violent march of over 10,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns violent when police open fire on the crowd in 1976. Kenneth A. Gibson becomes first Afro American Mayor of Newark in 1970 ! next post Today in Afro History ! The Tuskegee Merchant Boycott begins in response to the attempt to exclude Afro American voters in Tuskegee Alabama in 1957. You may also like Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Naturi Naughton... May 20, 2023 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress/Comedian, Whoopi Goldberg... November 13, 2023 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Opera singer, Marian... February 27, 2024 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! U.S. Senator, Carol... August 16, 2023 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Al Jarreau... March 12, 2024 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Olympic Medalist ,Triple... June 13, 2023 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer/Actress, Pearl Bailey... March 29, 2024 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! U.S. President, Barack... August 4, 2023 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Kyrie... March 23, 2024 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, Stephen... March 14, 2024 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.