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Unheralded African-American Pioneers and Trailblazers You Should Know

(Updated: February 5, 2021)
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Whether they were involved in Civil Rights, politics, science, technology, sports, or music, African-American history is full of innovators, though they don t always get their due. Here are 25 unheralded Black pioneers and trailblazers you should know.
1. JESSE L. BROWN
When Jesse LeRoy Brown was a teenager, he wrote a letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to express his disappointment that African Americans weren t flying in the military. While that changed in the Air Force in the early 40s with the Tuskegee Airmen, it would be Brown himself that would break that barrier for the Navy in 1947. By 1949 he was an officer, and in 1950, the United States was at war in Korea and he was in the action. Brown and his unit were soon airborne, completi ....

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NBA Launches Leaguewide Celebration of Black History Month

NBA Launches Leaguewide Celebration of Black History Month
The NBA has tipped off its leaguewide celebration of Black History Month. Through the month of February and going forward, the league and each team will honor Black history and support the ongoing pursuit of racial justice by elevating the voices, experiences, and perspectives of Black players, coaches, employees, and fans through various activations across the league and teams.
During February all NBA teams will wear cusom NBA Black History Month warm-ups that feature “BUILT BY BLACK HISTORY.” The “BUILT BY” letters, designed by Nike, were inspired by African quilt patterns while the words “BLACK HISTORY” feature significant years in NBA history when the league’s Black trailblazers broke barriers and stood up for the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion. ....

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The Black Fives: A history of the era that led to the NBA's racial integration | NBA.com Canada

The Black Fives: A history of the era that led to the NBA s racial integration
The NBA s colour barrier was broken in 1950, but the ground work for that monumental moment was laid close to 50 years earlier.
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Nat Clifton (left), Chuck Cooper (center), Earl Lloyd (right) help break NBA s colour barrier in 1950.
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