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Woody Strode and Other African-American Athletes Went from Sports to The Silver Screen – Free Press of Jacksonville

While he helped break the NFL’s color line in 1946 with the Los Angeles Rams, Strode is better remembered for his role as Draba, the Ethiopian gladiator, in the 1960 action-packed historical drama

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Leon Spinks - Birthday

Leon Spinks (born July 11, 1953) is a former American boxer who made a name for himself in the international heavyweight championship; he has an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses as well as three draws as a professional- he made 14 of those wins via knockouts.

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Source: Black History Resources

Jul

11

1953

Spike Lee

The son of the jazz composer Bill Lee, he was reared in a middle-class Brooklyn neighbourhood. He majored in communications at Atlanta’s Morehouse College, where he directed his first Super-8 films and met his future coproducer, Monty Ross. In 1978 Lee entered New York University’s Graduate Film

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Source: Brittanica

African Americans and Cuba's First Experiment in Tourism: The Joe Louis Commission in Post Revolutionary Havana, 1959-1960

In the article below University of California, Riverside historian Ralph Crowder describes this fascinating but little known attempt by Joe Louis and Fidel Castro to encourage middle class African American tourism to Cuba in the first year of the new

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Source: Black Past

Jun

6

1960

Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston

Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston for world heavyweight boxing championship.

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Feb

25

1964

Marvelous Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler was a world middleweight boxing champion and is known as one of the greatest boxers of the 1970s and 1980s. He was born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler on May 23, 1954 in New Jersey. His family’s property was destroyed in the 1967 Newark Riots, after which they relocated to

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Source: Black History Resources

May

23

1954

William "Bill" Richmond officially retires from boxing.At the end of his caree

William Bill Richmond officially retires from boxing. At the end of his career he has won 12 bouts and lost 2.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

0

1815

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers of all time. He was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. Ali was a fiercely serious child, who had experienced the harsh realities of racism at a very young age. He started training to be a boxer at the age of 12

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Source: Black History Resources

Jan

17

1942

Joe Louis - The World Heavyweight Champion

Who Was Joe

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The Urbanworld® Film Festival Announces 2015 Festival Slate

The 19th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by BET Networks(BET) with founding sponsor HBO, today announced all of the films that will be showcased. The nation’s largest competitive multicultural film festival will screen over 80 films and will take place September

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First Black World Title

George Dixon, born July 29, 1870 in Africville, (Halifax), Nova Scotia; becomes the first Black to hold a WORLD title in boxing. George beat Nunc Wallace in the Pelican Club in England & recieved $4,250.00 - he was the only Black in the Club!

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Jul

29

1870

Ann Wolfe: The Hardest Puncher in Women’s Boxing

The charismatic Ann Wolfe was a force of nature in professional boxing as she devastated the women’s rankings in multiple weight

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Source: Black Then

Tom Molineaux tours Ireland teaching the art of boxing.

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Jan

0

1817

Queen Latifah Previews New Film About Young Black Woman Who Feels ‘More Human’ As A Police Officer

Queen Latifah, in partnership with Procter Gamble and Tribeca Studios, is aiming to promote gender and racial equality among filmmakers through the Queen Collective, a short film development program which is in its second

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

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As Ali had done to opponents many times prior, Leonard began a mind war with

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

‘It’s racist' - Muhammad Ali’s son condemns Black Lives Matter movement

8|24 #MambaMentality

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali won his three titles by defeating Sonny Liston (1964), George Foreman (1974) and Leon Spinks (1978)… Muhammad Ali’s managers sometimes referred to him as GOAT — the Greatest Of All Time… Sprinter Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the same games at which

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Lloyd Bacon

Lloyd Bacon , in full Lloyd Francis Bacon (born December 4, 1889, San Jose, California, U.S.—died November 15, 1955, Burbank, California), American director who made some 100 films and was known for his efficiency and businesslike approach; his popular movies included 42nd Street (1933) and It

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Nov

15

1955

Jack Johnson - Heavyweight Champion (1878-1946)

Jack Johnson, the worlds first African-American heavyweight champion, patented a wrench on April 18, 1922. He was born John Arthur Johnson on March 31, 1878 in

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Source: ThoughtCo

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As Ali had done to opponents many times prior, Leonard began a mind war with

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Jackson, James Lloyd (1920-2008)

James Lloyd Jackson was one of the little known heroes of the D-Day Landing at Normandy Beach in France in 1944. Jackson was born in Lakeland, Florida on February 25, 1920 to Essie May Holly and Amos Jackson. He graduated from Lakeland High School in 1938. For the next five years he worked for the

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Source: Black Past

Dec

27

1953

Archibald Lee Wright

Archibald Lee Wright is born in Benoit, Mississippi. Better known as Archie Moore, he will become a boxer and win the light heavyweight crown in 1952. He will reign as champion until 1960.

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Dec

13

1913

Johnson, Jack (1878-1946) - Birthday

Jack Johnson, the first African American and first Texan to win the heavyweight boxing championship of the world, was born the second of six children to Henry and Tiny Johnson in Galveston on March 31, 1878.

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Source: Black Past

Mar

31

1878

"The Camden Buzzsaw" Dwight Muhammad Qawi

“The Camden Buzzsaw” Dwight Muhammad Qawi is a boxing legend born

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Source: Black Then

Boxing Legend: Harry "The Black Panther" Wills Pt. II

In part one of our entry on Harry “The Black Panther” Wills we went into his rivalry against “The Boston Bonecrusher” Sam Langford between 1914 and

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Source: Black Then

Decolonising the mind from the paradox of the edifices of slavery

America and the world are not just waking up to racism and police brutality

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer

Sports historian Clay Moyle describes Canadian-born Sam Langford as one of the most successful and yet little known boxers of the 20th Century. In the excerpt below, drawn from his recently publisher book titled Sam Langford: Boxing’s Greatest Uncrowned Champion, Moyle makes his case for that

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Source: Black Past

Jan

12

1956

WBA Welterweight Title

Thomas Hit Man Hearns wins the WBA Welterweight title. This is one of five weight classes that he has won a boxing title making him the first Black to win boxing titles in five different weight classes.

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Aug

2

1980

Tyson, Mike

Tyson, Mike (Michael Gerald Tyson), 1966–, American boxer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. At the age of 12, Tyson was sent to reform school, where he began to box. In a whirlwind career begun in 1985 when he turned pro, his spare, brutal style (36 knockouts in his first 41 wins) rescued him from the ghetto and

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