Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945, on his grandfather Omeriah Malcolm’s farm in the rural interior of the island of Jamaica at Nine Mile, Rhoden Hall, St. Ann Parish. His mother was an eighteen-year-old black Jamaican named Cedella Malcolm. His father was Captain Norval Sinclair Marley, a white British Army member in his early sixties. Bob spent most of the early part of his life in poverty and all of it without a father present. Marley died on May 11, 1981, at the age of thirty-six, from cancer in his stomach, lungs, and brain. Since 1991, ten years after his death, over 21 million Bob Marley records have been sold. Marley was also known for his belief in Rastafarianism, where Haile Selassie I is regarded by Rastafarians as the God of the Black race.
Black History 365 | # 126 Nina Simone
Black History 365 | # 125 Afro-Sri Lankans
The smallest African diasporic community is in Sri Lanka. There’s a group of people (being reported) called the Kaffirs in Sri Lanka, they have African roots. Said to be descendants of the enslaved Africans brought to the island by the Portuguese. This community has a distinct history. In these reports, they supposedly go all the way back to the 16th century.
Black History 365 | # 124 Dave Coulier, the reason TLC made "No Scrubs"
Did you know Uncle Joey (AKA Dave Coulier) inspired the song “No Scrubs” by TLC? Yes it was him, “sitting on the passenger’s side of his best friend’s ride,” trying to holler at T-Boz & Chilli. While Uncle Jesse (AKA John Stamos) was driving. CRAZY! He is the scrub.
Black History 365 | # 123 LeBron James & LeBron "Bronny" James Jr.
For the first time in NBA history we have a father-son duo on the same team. The Los Angeles Lakers drafted Bronny James. Congrats to the James family.