Long before Jackie Robinson, Black jockeys dominated and changed horse racing
In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Breaking the Color Line – Major League Baseball Integration Began 78 Years Ago
Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...
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Harvey's first Black student-athlete Lorenzo Gordon being inducted into school's athletic hall of fame
One of the calling cards of Harvey throughout its lineage — tracing back either to 1922 and the opening of Harvey’s old West Washington Street building or 1868 for Painesville having a high school at ...
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An evening of inspiration: Riverhead schools’ 16th Annual Black History Month celebration
The evening featured music and dance, poetry, reflections on historic achievements, honors for two Riverhead educators and a moving keynote address by Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr.