TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! JAMAICAN SPRINTER, ASAFA POWELL ! ACTRESS, SALLI RICHARDSON ! NEWSCASTER, ROBIN ROBERTS ! RADIO PERSONALITY, TOM JOYNER ! #AsafaPowoll #SalliRichardson #RobinRoberts #TomJoyner #BlackExcellence

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE LARGEST EVER MASS IMMUNIZATION OF YELLOW FEVER BEGINS IN WEST AFRICA IN 2009 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NASA ASTRONAUT, GUION BLUFORD JR. ! NFL PLAYER, GIOVANI BERNARD ! JAMAICAN DANCEHALL/ REGGAE SINGER, PATRA ! SINGER, CANDICE GLOVER ! #GuionBluford #GiovaniBernard #BlackExcellence #BlackHistory

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! MIKE TYSON BECOMES THE YOUNGEST HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION BY DEFEATING TREVOR BERBICK IN 1986 ! #miketyson #blackhistory #blackexcellence

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! MLB PLAYER, KEN GRIFFEY JR. ! NBA PLAYER, EARL “THE PEARL” MONROE ! NFL PLAYER, MICHAEL STRAHAN ! ACTRESS, CHERIE JOHNSON ! JAZZ SAXOPHONIST, COLEMAN HAWKINS !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE SUPREMES AND THE TEMPTATIONS RELEASE “I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME” IN 1968 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! GYMNAST, DOMINIQUE DAWES ! FORMER NIGERIAN PRESIDENT, GOODLUCK JONATHAN ! NFL PLAYER, JOEY GALLOWAY ! #dominiquedawes #joeygalloway #blackexcellence

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE LUSAKA PROTOCOL IS SIGNED IN ZAMBIA, ENDING A 19 YEAR CIVIL WAR IN 1994. #zambia #blackhistory

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! LONG JUMPER/NFL PLAYER, MARQUISE GOODWIN ! SPRINTER/HURDLER GAIL DEVERS ! MLB PLAYER, RYAN HOWARD ! NFL PLAYER, DEANGELO HALL ! NBA PLAYER, KENNETH FARIED ! ACTRESS, ERIKA ALEXANDER ! NFL PLAYER, AHMAD RASHAD !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE SUPREMES’ SONG ” BABY LOVE” TAKES THE NO. 1 SPOT ON THE UNITED KINGDOM’S MUSIC CHARTS IN 1964 ! #thesupremes #blackhistory #blackexcellence

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TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! SPRINTER, ALLYSON FELIX ! NFL PLAYER WARREN MOON ! MLB PLAYER, DAVID ORTIZ ! MLB PLAYER, GARY SHEFFIELD ! COMEDIAN, MIKE EPPS ! ACTOR, DAMON WAYANS JR. ! ACTOR, NATE PARKER !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE BATTLE OF VERTIERES IS FOUGHT DURING THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION IN 1803 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! ACTIVIST/PUBLIC SPEAKER/DAUGHTER OF MLK, YOLANDA KING ! NFL PLAYER, REGGIE WAYNE ! SINGER, RONNIE DEVOE ! ACTOR, DAVID RAMSEY !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY FOUNDED AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN 1911 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NBA PLAYER, AMARE STOUDEMIRE ! MLB PLAYER, DWIGHT GOODEN ! ACTRESS, LISA BONET ! TENNIS PLAYER, ZINA GARRISON ! BLUES MUSICIAN/COMPOSER, WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER HANDY !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! AGBANI DARENGO OF NIGERIA IS CROWNED MISS WORLD IN 2001 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NBA PLAYER, KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS ! ACTOR, YAPHET KOTTO ! SINGER, ALEXANDER O’NEAL ! ACTOR, WHITMAN MAYO ! #KarlAnthonyTowns #YaphetKotto #AlexanderOneal #WhitmanMayo #BlackExcellence

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! ARTHUR LEWIS IS AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS IN 1979 ! #blackhistory

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, CONDOLEEZZA RICE ! RAPPER, JOSEPH SIMMONS (RUN) ! SINGER, ADINA HOWARD ! NFL PLAYER, T.Y. HILTON !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! AUTHOR/ACTIVIST, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON PASSES AWAY IN 1915.

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TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! ACTRESS/COMEDIAN, WHOOPI GOLDBERG ! NBA PLAYER, METTA WORLD PEACE ! NFL PLAYER, MICHAEL BENNETT ! ACTRESS, MONIQUE COLEMAN !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! U.S. SUPREME COURT DECLARES ALABAMA BUS SEGREGATION LAW ILLEGAL IN 1956 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NBA PLAYER, RUSSELL WESTBROOK ! NBA PLAYER, TREY BURKE ! ACTRESS, TAMALA JONES ! SINGER, TEVIN CAMPBELL ! NFL PLAYER, KENDALL WRIGHT !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE COMOROS JOINS THE UNITED NATIONS IN 1975 ! #camaro #blackhistory

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! 8 TIME MR. OLYMPIA/BODYBUILDER,LEE HANEY ! NFL PLAYER, VICTOR CRUZ !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! SLAVE REVOLT LEADER, NAT TURNER HANGED IN 1831 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! COMEDIAN, TRACY MORGAN ! COMEDIAN, SINBAD ! RAPPER, EVE ! NBA PLAYER, KENDRICK PERKINS ! NFL PLAYER, TEDDY BRIDGEWATER ! ACTOR MICHAEL JAI WHITE !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! ACTIVIST, KEN SARO-WIWA IS EXECUTED BY THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT IN 1995.

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TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! ACTRESS, DOROTHY DANDRIDGE ! BASEBALL PLAYER/ MANAGER, BOB GIBSON ! SCIENTIST, BENJAMIN BANNEKER ! GOSPEL SINGER, DONNIE MCCLURKIN ! RAPPER, SANDRA ” PEPA” DENTON ! SINGER, SISQO !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE FOUNDED IN 1868 ! #howarduniversity #blachistory

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! ACTRESS, ESTHER ROLLE ! ACTRESS, ALFRE WOODARD ! SINGER, MINNIE RIPERTON !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! EDWARD W. BROOKE BECOMES THE FIRST AFRO AMERICAN SENATOR IN 1966 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! MODEL/ACTRESS, MELYSSA FORD ! NFL PLAYER, JUSTIN GILBERT !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! DAVID DINKINS BECOMES THE FIRST AFRO AMERICAN MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY IN 1989 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NBA PLAYER, LAMAR ODOM ! ACTRESS, THANDIE NEWTON ! 1904 OLYMPIC MEDALIST, GEORGE POAGE ! SOCCER PLAYER, JOZY ALTIDORE !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE UNITED NATIONS PASSES A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING SOUTH AFRICA’S APARTHEID IN 1962 ! #BlackHistory

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NFL PLAYER, ODELL BECKHAM JR. ! SINGER, IKE TURNER ! NBA PLAYER, O. J. MAYO ! ACTOR, SETH GILLIAM !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY! SHIRLEY CHISHOLM BECOMES THE FIRST AFRO AMERICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO U.S. CONGRESS IN 1968 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NFL PLAYER, DEZ BRYANT ! NFL PLAYER, VINCE WILFORK ! NFL PLAYER, DEVIN HESTER ! ACTRESS, BERLINDA TOLBERT ! RAPPER/PRODUCER, SEAN COMBS !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! BARACK OBAMA BECOMES THE FIRST AFRO AMERICAN ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 2008 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NFL PLAYER, COLIN KAEPERNICK ! BOXER, LARRY HOLMES ! NBA PLAYER, TY LAWSON ! ACTOR, MIKE EVANS !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! CAROL MOSLEY BRAUN BECOMES THE FIRST AFRO AMERICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO THE U.S. SENATE IN 1992 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NFL PLAYER, RODDY WHITE ! RAPPER, NELLY !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY SIGNED INTO LAW AS NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN 1983 !

TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! MLB PLAYER, COCO CRISP ! SINGER, LATAVIA ROBERSON ! GOSPEL SINGER, BRIAN COURTNEY WILSON !

TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PROCLAIM INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 1981 ! JOHN H. JOHNSON PUBLISHES THE FIRST ISSUE OF EBONY MAGAZINE IN 1945 !

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