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Jackie Robinson
Sports
Pots & Pans: 70 years after Jackie Robinson’s breakthrough, stats are changing sports but not what makes a hero
No. 42 put up great numbers, but they don’t capture his importance
Culture
Lady Liberty is a black woman, and Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson and Jesse Owens get commemorated in coin, too
Some of the money spends, but the currency is truly about history, power and respect
Sports
Pots & pans: Sports help us discover our boundaries and barriers
But we must each run a leg in the race that leads to breakthroughs and then progress for all
Sports
The day the Philadelphia Phillies left a hotel that wouldn’t accommodate black and Latino players
‘The poor guys had to go scrounge for a meal in another community.’
Culture
The Undefeated 44 most influential black Americans in history
44 African Americans who shook up the world
Andscape
Culture
How Obama changed the conversation around ‘first blacks’
The only relevant question now is when, not if, a black person will fill a particular job
Culture
Pots & pans: Baseball has always had black all-stars
Negro League players in lore and reality were as good as major league stars
The Uplift
11 feel-good biopics that will forever remain undefeated
These films have stained our brains and inspired us through immense storytelling of icons
Culture
Pots & pans: Black heroes (and sheroes) were athletes before they were actors
Boxer Joe Louis, track star Jesse Owens fought with their actions