Black athletes enjoy wealth but little power, book argues
In his most recent book,
Asheville Citizen-Times,
Sat Dec 05 21:36:38 PST 2009
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Macedonia CDC announces receipt of loan/grant
Thanks to a USDA Rural Development grant and loan package totaling $1.9 million, the dream of a community center may soon become a reality.
The Manning Times,
Thu Dec 03 05:57:48 PST 2009
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Week 13: NFL Black coaches' 3-4 performance yields 42-32 record
... then everyone acts as if a miracle has happened. Tony Dungy, Doug Williams, Charlie Cooper, Arthur Ashe, Tiger Woods, Althea Gibson, Jackie Robinson, Barack Obama, Moses Fleetwood Walk...
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:34:32 GMT
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Black athletes enjoy wealth but little power, book argues
In his most recent book,
Asheville Citizen-Times,
Sat Dec 05 21:36:33 PST 2009
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Black athletes enjoy wealth but little power, book argues
... of legendary athletes' social accomplishments, mentioning athletic greats such as Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Althea Gibson, Jesse Owens and Arthur Ashe. Finally, Rhoden brings his...
Asheville Citizen-Times,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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Read Now
... CDC would specifically focus on adult day care and child care with its new facility, which will be named for the late Althea Gibson, a Clarendon County native who was the first African...
The Item,
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:54:33 GMT
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C. Bette Wimbish, St. Petersburg's first black City Council member, dies
... 1960s, guests also included musicians Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, athletes Jesse Owens, Elston Howard and Althea Gibson, and an actress who played Aunt Jemima on television. Ca...
St. Petersburg Times,
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:23:17 GMT
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Women in History: Althea Gibson
Born to sharecroppers in Silver, South Carolina, Althea Gibson was a natural-born athlete.
Associated Content,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:12:09 GMT
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Ford: Recognizing tennis's generous charities
... honors, is a former top-20 player whose WTA title in Detroit in 1981 was the first by an African-American woman since Althea Gibson in 1958. She said her goal is to restart a similar p...
ESPN,
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:49:00 GMT
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Buxton Launches Web Site
... visited as a competitor for Great Britain in the Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal in the singles. Buxton and Gibson both battled discrimination - Gibson as an African American wom...
Tennis Week,
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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