Category : Sports

Automobile racer Rajo Jack DeSoto was born Dewey Gatson on July 28, 1905, in Tyler, Texas. (Previously published biographies have incorrectly listed his racing name...

Moses Fleetwood Walker, often called Fleet, was the first African American to play major league baseball in the nineteenth century. Born October 7, 1857, in...

In 1875, Oliver Lewis became the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, America’s longest continuous sporting event. Lewis was born in 1856 in Fayette...

Before African Americans could race in the Indianapolis 500, there was the Colored Speedway Association and it’s Gold and Glory Sweepstakes. The year was 1926,...

Wearing beads and scarves to oppose lynchings and black socks with no shoes to highlight poverty, African American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos took...

Charles Sifford was a trailblazer in the world of golf. Born on June 2, 1922, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sifford was the first African American...

Sugar Ray Robinson, AKA Walker Smith, Jr., (born May 3, 1921, Detroit, Mich., U.S.—died April 12, 1989, Culver City, Calif.), American professional boxer, six times a...

Alice Coachman was an accomplished American athlete, best known for her achievements in track and field. She was born on November 9, 1923, in Albany,...

Willie Mays is widely regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He was born on May 6, 1931, in Westfield, Alabama....