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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.
Henry Carr, former track and field athlete; Andre Cason, retired track and field athlete; Jearl Miles Clark, retired track and field athlete; Kerron Clement, professional track and field athlete; Alice Coachman, former track and field athlete; Wayne Collett, former track and field athlete; Christian Coleman, professional track and field athlete
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 ...
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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
In 1949, she became the first Black woman, and the second Black athlete (after Reginald Weir), to play in the USTA's National Indoor Championships, where she reached the quarter-finals. [26] Later that year she entered Florida A&M University (FAMU) on a full athletic scholarship [ 27 ] and was a member of the Beta Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa ...
Yahoo Finance's A Time For Change acknowledges several notable Black athletes for their memorable performances at past Winter Olympics. Video Transcript. MARQUISE FRANCIS: Welcome back to "A Time ...
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