Not only was Scott the first and most prolific of all African-Americans in the sport but also the most successful. He went on to start a total of 495 races in NASCAR's top series from 1961 through 1973. On December 1, 1963, he took the checkered flag at Speedway Park in Jacksonville,...
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Greased Lightning is a film loosely based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first African American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race winner and 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee. Greased Lightning was partially filmed in Winder, Georgia Athens, Georgia at the former Athens Speedway, and...
The Gantt Center celebrates contributions of African Americans to our nation’s culture and serves as a vital resource in Charlotte for music, dance, theater, visual and film arts, arts education, literature, and community outreach. The four-story facility is located in the heart of Charlotte...
"We said we were Americans. We didn't know what was going on." So began three days of captivity for the employees of North Carolina-based Zapata Engineering, apprehended after Marines al- legedly witnessed them firing weapons from an armored convoy passing through Fallujah. While details ...