George Taliaferro, First Black Player Drafted by NFL, Dies at 91
George Taliaferro, the first African-American man drafted by an NFL team, died Monday. He was 91, according to ESPN. Taliaferro was picked by ...
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Ruby Bridges and Desegregation
Fifty-three years ago, Look magazine published a Norman Rockwell painting of a small Black girl walking into a newly desegregated New Orleans school. ...
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Loretta Lynch Confirmed as Attorney General
The highly politicized five-month battle to choose President Barack Obama’s next attorney general came to a close Thursday when the Senate finally voted ...
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Election of Black Female Mayor Causes Mass Resignations
Five out of Parma, Missouri’s six police officers resigned this week before Tyrus Byrd, the town’s first African-American, female mayor, was sworn in. ...
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President Obama: Minnie Minoso was “Mr. White Sox”
President Obama paid tribute to a baseball hero on Sunday, the late Chicago White Sox star Minnie Minoso. “For South Siders and Sox ...
Earl Lloyd Dies at 86
Earl Lloyd, the first Black player in NBA history, died Thursday. He was 86. Lloyd's alma mater, West Virginia State, confirmed his death. ...
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Charlie Sifford Dies at 92
Charlie Sifford, who only wanted a chance to play and who broke the color barrier in golf as the first Black PGA Tour ...
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Meet Alia Atkinson: 1st Black Woman to Win World Swimming Title
Saturday, Jamaican swimmer Alia Atkinson became the first Black woman to win a world swimming title when she totally crushed the 100m breast ...
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Kevin Washington to Lead the YMCA
Kevin Washington’s ability to think strategically, push boundaries, and see the big picture helped him nearly double the membership of the Greater Boston ...
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Mia Love, the GOP’s Newest Star
Even her name is media friendly. Mia Love instantly became the darling of the Republican Party on Wednesday, after being elected as its ...
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