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Marlin Briscoe, 1st Black Starting QB In AFL, Dead At 76
Marlin Briscoe, who became the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League more than 50 years ago, died Monday. His daughter, Angela Marriott, told The Associated Press that Briscoe, 76, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Norwalk, California. He had been hospitalized with […]
Sydney McLaughlin does it again, breaks own world record
Sydney McLaughlin crosses finish line in 51.41 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin broke her own world record in the 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. outdoor track and field championships Saturday. McLaughlin flashed a broad smile when her time was announced, then […]
Conn. woman can sue Harvard for emotional distress for photo of enslaved ancestor
Tamara Lanier claims to be the great-great-great-granddaughter of Renty Taylor, an enslaved man photographed nude at the request of a racist Harvard researcher. Over 170 years after a racist Harvard researcher requested photographs be taken of an enslaved Black man for pseudoscientific uses, a woman […]
The Origins Of Black People With Red Hair
You might normally associate fiery red hair with people of Irish descent, but the unique trait can also be found throughout a number of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Africans and people from the Caribbean have also been known to don bright red hair due to a gene […]
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