Starting in the early 20th century, African American athletes began competing in the Games—and shattering records.
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Other Athletes See also: Famous Firsts by American Women Famous Firsts by Asian Americans Famous Firsts by Hispanic Americans Famous Firsts in America Black History Timeline American history is full of African American trailblazers and pathfinders. Some names, like Barack Obama, are familiar to ...
as he and his wife, Linda, split that year.Shortly after that, Sayers started a new life and career as an assistant athletic director in the University of Kansas.By 1976 he was moving up the ladder at Southern Illinois University, becoming the first African-American athletic director at a ...
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for her eighth participation in the Games - Julien Alfred did it again in the 200 m on August 6. Only edged out by American Gabrielle Thomas by two tenths, the Saint Lucian settled for silver. Two medals in all for a delegation of four athletes: a successful result, to say the least....
Robinson tied a rookie record with 38 homers as he won the 1956 NL Rookie of the Year Award and became the first player to win an MVP Award in both leagues -- for the Reds and Orioles -- before he later became the first African-American manager in MLB history. ...
And he was the first African-American to have that position at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Ben Carson is known for his work as a brain surgeon for children. For example, in nineteen eighty-seven, he led a team of seventy doctors and nurses in an operation to separate two babies joined at ...
However, Robinson was also aware of the challenges he would face as the league's first African-American manager. "I knew there was going to be an awful lot of pressure, a lot of expectation and a lot of unhappy people because when things went right, fine, but when things went wron...