TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! RAPPER, SNOOP DOGG ! FORMER KENYA PRESIDENT, JOMO KENYATTA ! FIRST FEMALE NAACP PRESIDENT, ENOLIA MCMILLAN ! NBA PLAYER, EDDIE JONES ! ACTRESS, JENNIFER FREEMAN !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE” JOHNNY BRIGHT INCIDENT ” OCCURS IN 1951. GOVERNOR, EVELYN BARING DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN KENYA IN 1952 BECAUSE OF THE MAU MAU UPRISING.
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! JAZZ TRUMPETER, ROY HARGROVE ! NFL PLAYER, KORDELL STEWART ! NBA PLAYER, MANUTE BOL ! ACTRESS, KIM WAYANS ! ACTRESS, TERRI J. VAUGHN !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! TOMMIE SMITH AND JOHN CARLOS PERFORM THE BLACK POWER SALUTE AT THE 1968 OLYMPICS ! THE MILLION MAN MARCH ON WASHINGTON IN 1995 !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! MODEL/ACTRESS, BEVERLY JOHNSON ! NFL PLAYER, JERRY RICE ! NBA PLAYER/COACH, DOC RIVERS ! NBA PLAYER, PAUL PIERCE ! GOSPEL SINGER, SHIRLEY CAESAR ! SINGER, ASHANTI ! ACTOR, DEMOND WILSON !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! COMEDIAN/ACTIVIST, DICK GREGORY ! SPRINTER, MARION JONES ! SINGER, NAPPY BROWN ! SINGER, SAM MOORE ! NBA PLAYER, CHARLIE WARD ! SINGER, MELVIN FRANKLIN ! ACTOR, MARCUS T. PAULK !