“I don’t know too many men like him. I don’t want to start crying, but he taught me the good lessons about family and how to deal with people….”
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The NFL was segregated, until Kenny Washington broke the color barrier in Los Angeles | Timeline
In 1946, before Jackie Robinson, the former UCLA star integrated pro football.
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In 1950s Atlanta, Alfred ‘Tup’ Holmes Fought To End Segregation In Golf | WBUR
“My dad used golfing as a life lesson,” Michael Holmes says. “That you have to earn your way. That life is hard, that you have to work at it.”
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Baker League documentary showing at West Catholic | The Philadelphia Tribune
The Charles Baker League was the premier summer basketball league for many years in Philadelphia.
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For Lena Johnson, fencing is mental and fun – New York Amsterdam News
What would interest a young woman in participating in a sport that dates back to the early 1400s, and dates back to the 1700s as a competitive one? A sport that traces its roots to swordsmanship for duels and self-defense?
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Black Woman Set to Make Polo History in Top-Tier Event – Atlanta Black Star
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Shariah Harris says the stares, the inappropriate comments and the whispering that comes with being a Black woman playing polo can be discouraging at times, but it won’t stop her from riding.
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Will Simone Manuel Inspire More Black Children to Swim?
Gretchen Reynolds/ | The New York Times “I don’t think any of them knew how to swim,” Ms. Williams said. “And they were afraid of the water and afraid for their kids.” Ms. Williams, 45, and her daughter are African-American, as were most of the other families at the swimming class. While Bailey, now almost […]
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