Jennifer King Becomes First Black Female Assistant Coach in the NFL

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Jennifer King Becomes First Black Female Assistant Coach in the NFL

Washington D.C.’s Washington’s Football Team made history after naming Jennifer King their Assistant Running Backs Coach for the 2021-2022 football season, making her the first Black female assistant in the […]

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On sale this day was a stamp designed to commemorate the one-hundreth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was designed by George Olden which made him the first Black to design a U.S. postage stamp.

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1963

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By Dwain Price NDG Sports In a season filled with more twists than scenes from an Alfred Hitchcock movie, the Dallas Cowboys ended their season with Sunday’s less-than-thrilling 23-19 loss to the New York Giants. But in typical Cowboy fashion, the premature end to the season left their fans

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First on Boston Common Coucil

John J. Smith, whose barber shop was an abolitionist rendezvous prior to the Civil War, was elected to the state House of Representatives in 1868 and 1869, and then re-elected in 1872. He was also the first Black to serve on the Boston Common Council in 1878.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Franco Harris is a retired American football player. He was born in March 7, 1950 to an African American father and an Italian mother. He studied at Rancocas Valley Regional High School in New Jersey and later at Penn State University. Here he played for the team “Littany Lions” as

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Drew Brees, Saints pull away late for 21-9 playoff win over Bears | L.A. Focus News

NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees will get to celebrate his 42nd birthday by preparing for a playoff game that will also feature the one active NFL quarterback older than him. Brees completed 28 of 39 passes for 265 yards, connecting with Michael Thomas and Latavius Murray for touchdowns, and the New

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Longest Tenure for a Black Minister

In 1980, Rev. Richard M. Owens completed 43 years of pastoring the historic Peoples Baptist Church, giving him the longest tenure for a Black minister in Boston's history. He was the first Black elected President of the American Baptist Convention of Massachusetts in 1969.

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Wilson's 4 TD passes gives Seahawks a win over Falcons | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta – Russell Wilson and the Seahawks were charged up and focused on beating the Atlanta Falcons in their first game of the 2020 season on Sunday in Atlanta. Wilson’s four touchdown passes lifted the Seahawks over the Falcons 38-25. Wilson completed 31 of 35 passes for

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College Football Playoff defenses face big challenges | L.A. Focus News

My how times have changed in college football since the last time Alabama and Notre Dame met. The Crimson Tide rode the nation’s best defense into that January 2013 national championship matchup, yielding a paltry 184 yards and eight points per game. Fast-forward to the new reality: Offense wins

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USC wide receiver Tyler Vaughns declares for NFL Draft | L.A. Focus News

Tyler Vaughns’ time at USC is coming to an end. The senior receiver, who ranks third in USC history on the career receptions list (222), declared for the NFL Draft on Monday with an announcement on Twitter. In a typical year, such an announcement wouldn’t have been necessary for a fifth-year senior

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Lawrence Taylor

Named Lawrence Julius Taylor at the time of his birth in 1955 in Williamsburg, Virginia, Taylor was late in joining football as compared to the others in his field. Since he did not start playing until his junior year at Lafayette High School, Taylor was not highly recruited and so ended up at the

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Three-time All-American running back Floyd Little passed away Friday after receiving a cancer diagnosis in May.

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Richard Theodore Greener, class of 1870, was the first Black to graduate from Harvard College. He became a professor of mental and moral philosophy at the University of South Carolina and U.S. Consul at Vladivostok during the Russo-Japanese War.

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Congressman William L

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Black players in professional American football

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Rams at Arizona Cardinals: Who has the edge? | L.A. Focus News

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Carson Wentz rallies Eagles to 22-21 win over Giants - Black News Channel

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