Captain William “Bill” Pinkney, the Bronzeville sailor who made history as the first Black man to sail solo around the world 32 years ago this week, will be posthumously honored
The history-making sailor who grew up on Chicago’s South Side was the first Black man inducted into the Sailing Hall of Fame, but insisted he was an “ordinary man.”
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