Black Athletes In History You Might Not Know
Everyone knows names like Muhammad Ali and Jackie Robinson, but here are some sports figures you might not know:
1.
Tommie Smith
2.
John Carlos
3.
Althea Gibson
4.
Wilma Rudolph
5.
Bill Russell
6.
Fritz Pollard
7.
Bobby Marshall
8.
Charlie Sifford
9.
Arthur Ashe
10.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
11.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
12.
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
13.
Curt Flood
14.
Frank Robinson
15.
John Thompson
16.
Rube Foster
17.
Craig Hodges
18.
Maya Moore
From past to present, Black athletes continue to make strides in the sports world and in their communities.
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