November 12, 2000 Eugene Antonio Marino, the first African American archbishop in the United States, died. Marino was born May 29, 1934 in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was ordained as a priest at St. Joseph’s Seminary in 1962 and in 1967 graduated from Fordham University. Following his graduation, he was spiritual director at St. Joseph’s Seminary [...]
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November 12th in African American History – Wilma Glodean Rudolph
November 12, 1994 Wilma Glodean Rudolph, the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games, died. Rudolph was born prematurely on June 23, 1940 in Clarksville, Tennessee. Despite a childhood filled with medical problems, she became an accomplished athlete by high school. In high school, she [...]