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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.
100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley.
Lonzo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player [24] LiAngelo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player; LaMelo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player; Gene Banks—retired professional basketball player; Tony Barbee—former professional basketball player
First African American to break the color barrier in the Sugar Bowl: Bobby Grier, (Pittsburgh Panthers in the 1956 Sugar Bowl) [38] First African American Wimbledon tennis champion: Althea Gibson (doubles, with Englishwoman Angela Buxton); also first African American to win a Grand Slam event (French Open). [39] (See also: Arthur Ashe, 1968 ...
Ruby Bridges was the first African American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960 ...
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 ...
Black NHL players Nat. Name Birthplace Pos Seasons Teams Played Ethnicity Ref Akim Aliu: Okene, Nigeria: RW: 2011–2013: CGY: Nigerian-Ukrainian [1]Darren Archibald: Newmarket, ON: RW
Feb. 3—Among the many designations of the month of February is Black History Month, established as "Negro History Week" in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson. Woodson was a historian and his work ...