Category : Sports

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Reece “Goose” Tatum excelled at two sports, baseball and basketball, but is most famous for his basketball career with the Harlem Globetrotters. Known as “Goose”...

Emma Reed (Wright) was born on May 30, 1925, on the family farm in rural Redwood, Mississippi to parents Sallie and Smith Reed. She grew...

Richard “Cannonball Dick” Redding was a pitcher, outfielder, and manager in the Negro Leagues. Redding was born on April 15, 1893, in Atlanta, Georgia. Much...

Herbert Alphonso Dixon was a Negro Baseball League (NBL) baseball outfielder. Nicknamed “Rap,” Dixon was born on September 15, 1902, in Kingston, Georgia to John...

Fred “Curly” Neal was a basketball legend for the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters and became a global icon while representing the sport around the world. During...

Ted Rhodes, recognized as the first African American professional golfer, grew up in Nashville. Immediately after becoming the first person of color to win the...

Mal Whitfield was one of the heroes of American track and field during the 1940s and 1950s, winning three gold medals, a silver, and a...

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