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Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.
Katrina Adams, current president of the United States Tennis Association; Koby Altman, current General manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers [1]; Anucha Browne Sanders, former executive of the New York Knicks
American sports wouldn't be what they are today without the trailblazing black athletes of years past. From household names like Jackie Robinson to more recent history-makers like Vonetta Flowers ...
This list of famous African American women to know in 2024 includes singers, actors, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians and more inspiring modern Black women.
First African American professional basketball player: Harry Lew (New England Professional Basketball League) [13] (See also: 1950); First African-American professional American football player: Charles Follis [citation needed] [14]
[101] Sports Illustrated for Women named her to its list of the "100 Greatest Female Athletes". [102] In a 1977 historical analysis of women in sports, The New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden wrote, Althea Gibson and Wilma Rudolph are, without question, the most significant athletic forces among Black women in sports history.
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This is a list of female athletes by sport. Each section is ordered alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen. Sasha Cohen Ellen van Dijk Hagar Finer Sarah Hughes Giselle Kañevsky Morgan Pressel Irina Slutskaya Dara Torres, 4x Olympic champion swimmer