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Best of Photo of the Day

EBONY Magazine, July 1971

What does the 4th of July mean to you?

Arthur Ashe becomes the first black male player to Win Wimbledon, 1975

Henry Sampson was the first African American to earn a Ph.D.in Nuclear Engineering in the United States.

Happy Birthday Lisa Leslie!

John H. Johnson

EBONY Magazine, December 1967

GRAMMY® award-winning recording artist and 2012 McDonald’s® 365Black® Award honoree Chaka Khan owned the spotlight at the ninth annual ceremony, held for the first time at the Mahalia Jackson Theater, in New Orleans on July 6.

The McDonald’s 365Black Awards are given annually to salute outstanding individuals who are committed to making positive contributions that strengthen the African-American community.

W.E.B. Du Bois attends President Nkrumah's Inauguration in Accra, Ghana on July 1, 1960.

Jill Scott rocks a TWA: tiny winy afro while performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

EBONY Magazine, January 1970

Another round of golf? August 1961

Jump start your week! Aisha Mitchell of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.  Photo by Richard Calmes

Dominique Dawes was first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics.

A young and proud Nelson Mandela

R.I.P. Ms. Melodie of Boogie Down Productions

R.I.P. Sylvia Woods

R.I.P. Sylvia Woods

R.I.P. Sylvia Woods

Jackie Robinson at UCLA in 1941.

Theatre Royal playbill for Shakespeare's Othello with actor Ira Aldridge in the title role. October 1850

R.I.P. Sherman Hemsley

BLACK LOVE: Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis

The Foxxes, February 6, 1973

Sammy Davis Jr. and Gregory Hines

Martin and Gina Payne

Happy Birthday Laurence Fishburne!

New Jack City cast, 1991

EBONY Magazine, July 1971

What does the 4th of July mean to you?

Arthur Ashe becomes the first black male player to Win Wimbledon, 1975

Henry Sampson was the first African American to earn a Ph.D.in Nuclear Engineering in the United States.

Happy Birthday Lisa Leslie!

John H. Johnson

EBONY Magazine, December 1967

GRAMMY® award-winning recording artist and 2012 McDonald’s® 365Black® Award honoree Chaka Khan owned the spotlight at the ninth annual ceremony, held for the first time at the Mahalia Jackson Theater, in New Orleans on July 6.

The McDonald’s 365Black Awards are given annually to salute outstanding individuals who are committed to making positive contributions that strengthen the African-American community.

W.E.B. Du Bois attends President Nkrumah's Inauguration in Accra, Ghana on July 1, 1960.

Jill Scott rocks a TWA: tiny winy afro while performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

EBONY Magazine, January 1970

Another round of golf? August 1961

Jump start your week! Aisha Mitchell of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.  Photo by Richard Calmes

Dominique Dawes was first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics.

A young and proud Nelson Mandela

R.I.P. Ms. Melodie of Boogie Down Productions

R.I.P. Sylvia Woods

R.I.P. Sylvia Woods

R.I.P. Sylvia Woods

Jackie Robinson at UCLA in 1941.

Theatre Royal playbill for Shakespeare's Othello with actor Ira Aldridge in the title role. October 1850

R.I.P. Sherman Hemsley

BLACK LOVE: Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis

The Foxxes, February 6, 1973

Sammy Davis Jr. and Gregory Hines

Martin and Gina Payne

Happy Birthday Laurence Fishburne!

New Jack City cast, 1991

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