April 28, 2008 Will Robinson, the first African American head basketball coach at a Division I college, died. Robinson was born June 3, 1911 in Wadesboro, North Carolina. As a high school student, he finished second in the state golf tournament despite not being allowed on the course with the white players. Robinson lettered in […]
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Will Robinson – April 28th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on April 28, 2011 in African American History, April, Sports
Tags: April 28, basketball, Illinois State University, June 3, NFL, University of Michigan, West Virginia State University
Leon Howard Sullivan – April 24th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on April 24, 2011 in African American History, April, Civil Rights, Religion
Tags: April 24, Columbia University, NAACP, October 16, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Spingarn Medal, West Virginia State University
April 24, 2001 Leon Howard Sullivan, minister, civil rights leader, and activist, died. Sullivan was born October 16, 1922 in Charleston, West Virginia. He was ordained a Baptist minister at the age of 18. Sullivan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from West Virginia State University in 1943 and a Master of Arts degree in […]
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