Abhinav Kini, International Business Times, Sun, Feb 12 Former world number one Andy Roddick believes Serena Williams should be regarded in the same vein as Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali as the greatest athlete of all time. Serena Williams recently won the 2017 Australian Open, beating her sister Venus Williams
Continue readingJackie Bamberger, Busted Racquet (AP) In 1998, two teenage tennis phenoms from Compton, Calif., met for the first time on the pro tour, in the second round at the Australian Open. Beads in their hair and braces on their teeth, the oft-talked about sisters stood ready to take the tennis
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Taryn Finley Black Voices Associate Editor, The Huffington Post Poet Clint Smith III takes a critical look at the Founding Fathers’ role in oppressing black people in his latest poem entitled “History Reconsidered.” His piece served as a letter to five of the United States presidents who owned slaves, George Washington,
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By Ed Adamczyk | June 15, 2016 at 8:16 AM The iconic African-American magazines were sold to a Black owned Texas private equity firm. CHICAGO, June 15 (UPI) — Johnson Publishing sold African-American lifestyle magazines Ebony and Jet to a Texas private equity firm. The family-owned company, which has published
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Jul 3, 2012 7:38 AM by Terry Shropshire For the first time in American history, three black swimmers will join the Olympic team when it travels to compete in the London games this summer. One swimmer comes from a city where the vast majority of her ethnicity do not swim,
Continue readingUSAT TODAY Sports 7:44 a.m. EST January 24, 2015 Ernie Banks, known simply as “Mr. Cub” after hitting 512 home runs over a 19-year career spent entirely in Chicago, died Friday night at 83. Best known for his effusive “Let’s Play Two” phrase that epitomized the joy he felt for
Continue readingPosted: 4:37 p.m. Monday, July 28, 2014 By Steve Visser The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The wrecking crew came again Monday to flatten another church to make way for a new Atlanta Falcons stadium with a retractable roof. Workmen began demolishing Friendship Baptist Church three months after they had torn down Mount
Continue readingIn recognition of Major League Baseball’s 2012 Civil Rights Game Weekend, which pays tribute to all of those who fought on and off the field for equal rights for all Americans. The Auburn Avenue Research Library will host this community forum on the historical legacy of Negro League Baseball and
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