Black Ice: African origins of the sport of Hockey
Rewriting American History American history has always promoted the myth of the original thirteen colonies. In truth, at the time of the American Revolution, there...
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Tom Molineaux
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From Slavery to Boxing Stardom, a Forgotten Hero’s Tale In a quiet, hilltop graveyard in Mervue, near Galway City, lies the unmarked resting place of...
Enforced Violence as Entertainment and Profit in Slavery
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How enslaved Blacks beating each other to near-death was a great source of entertainment and cash for white plantation owners During the era of chattel...
Anita Lucette DeFrantz
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Champion rower Anita Lucette DeFrantz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 4, 1952. As a child growing up in Indianapolis, Indiana, she began her athletic career as a...
Washington’s last World Series team was not the Senators. It was a Negro League dynasty
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There was no celebration the last time a Washington baseball team won a World Series. No parade, no championship rings, no trophy awarded to the...
Black U.S. Olympians Won In Nazi Germany Only To Be Overlooked At Home
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Eighty years ago this month, the United States competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games in Nazi Germany, with 18 African-American athletes part of the...
JOCKEY CHERYL WHITE: BROKE RACIAL BARRIERS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN HORSE RACING
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A little-known fact is Cheryl White was a jockey “gem” that most people never knew existed. She raced horses like only a few of the...
The first black professional footballer in the world was born in Ghana in 1865
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The story of football trailblazer Arthur Wharton is a very fascinating one. Though his legacy and impact were for a very long time buried and...
Ernest “Ernie” Eugene Barnes, Jr
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Ernest “Ernie” Eugene Barnes, Jr. (July 15, 1938 – April 27, 2009) was an African-American painter, well known for his unique style of elongation and...
James Winkfield
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Jimmy Winkfield was a legendary jockey and horse trainer who made history as the last African American to win the Kentucky Derby in 1902. He...