Earl Smith
By Megan Macwade Social Media Design: Maggie Johnson Kellen Winslow II was born on July 21, 1983 in San Diego California. He is an African American man born in a family who has a legacy in football. His father…
by Megan MacWade Social Media Design: Maggie Johnson Brittney Griner was born on October 18, 1990 in Houston, Texas. She is the youngest of four children born to Raymond and Sandra Griner. Her father is a former US Marine and…
Vincent Edward “Bo” Jackson (11/ 30/62) Bo Jackson is the 8th of 10 children to Florence Bonds and A.D. Adams, born in the state of Alabama. Bo attended high school in Alabama – McAdory High School in McCalla where he…
I played Little League Baseball in 1958/59, Long Island, NY. I did not know Black boys could not play against white boys, I did. To learn about the Cannon Street team in Charleston, S.C., having to travel by school bus…
Earl Christian Campbell–March 29, 1955–Tyler, TX. Hence the nickname “The Tyler Rose” is best known as a bruising running back that went from the John Tyler High School to the University of Texas at Austin to the Houston Oilers (1978-1984)…