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Dr. Ken Morgan | 4/9/2021, 6 a.m. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Common Creatives
Paul Robesonâs birthday, (April 9, 1898) ignites a unique spirit in me. Robesonâs name remains underground with a black mark through it in the annals of history even today.
Robesonâs Somerville High School prowess in Princeton provided an inkling of why he now characterizes the moniker as the twentieth-century Renaissance man. He excelled academically, becoming the class valedictorian and winning a statewide scholarship to Rutgers University. In the arts, he sang in the choir and performed in Julius Caesar and Othello. As an athlete, he lettered in football, basketball, baseball, and track.
Through the first 50 years of the Bay Area Reporter s existence, the paper s coverage of sports and sports-related topics has evolved from that of cheerleader and recording secretary to social advocate and noble muckraker.
Sports reporting was less than an afterthought when the B.A.R. started publishing in April 1971. The first sports item a story with no byline about annual awards presented by the local gay bowling league that identified most individuals only by surnames and first initials did not appear until page 27 of the third issue, May 1, 1971.
Classified ads also debuted in the issue. There were 11 of them, including one from a man who wanted info or advice on Sex Change Operation and another advising us that a foot fetishist likes to go down and groove on male feet.
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Every February, this newspaper and others like it around the United States make an extra effort to delve into the history of Black Americans. It hasn’t always been this way.