Archive | December 21, 2011
Flo Jo Griffith-Joyner

December 21st in African American History – Florence Delorez “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner

December 21, 1959 Florence Delorez “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner, hall of fame track and field athlete, was born in Los Angeles, California. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, Griffith-Joyner won the Silver medal in the 200 meter race and at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games she won the Gold medal in the 100 and 200 meter […]

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December 21st in African American History – Horace Mann Boyd

December 21, 1972 Horace Mann Boyd, historian, college administrator, and social science researcher, died. Bond was born November 8, 1904 in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Lincoln University in 1923 and went on to earn his Master of Arts degree in1926 and Ph. D. in 1936 in education […]

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