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Black History & African American Athletes Posters & Art Prints
for social studies and physical education classroom, home schoolers, office.
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social studies > history > Black History > ATHLETES 1 | 2 | 3 < motivational sports
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Black History posters of the famous African American athletes and athletic organizations: Negro Leagues, Harlem Globetrotters.
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Black Ball- The Negro Baseball Leagues
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• Josh Gibson
• Oscar Charleston
• Satchel Paige
• Ray Dandridge
• New York Lincoln Giants
• Pittsburgh Crawfords
• Pablo Mesa
• Alejandro Olms
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• Leland Giants
• James Thomas
• Kansas City Monarchs
• John Henry “Pop” Lloyd
• Philadelphia Hillsdales
• Walter Fenner “Buck” Leonard
• Willian Julius “Judy” Johnson
• Brown’s Tennessee Rats
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Legends of Baseball-
c. 1885-1950
The Negro League, Baseball Players Association, Series One
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History of Baseball
in the Major Leagues
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The Globetrotters, an exhibition basketball team created by Abe Saperstein in 1920s, is noted for their athletic abilities and comic entertainment.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (née Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)
b. 4-16-1947; NY
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Henry Armstrong, née Henry Jackson, Jr.
b. 12-12-1912; Columbus Mississippi (raised in St. Louis, MO)
d. 10-22-1988; Los Angeles, CA
Henry Armstrong, the son of sharecroppers of African American, Irish, and Native American descent, is regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time.
Armstrong has the distinction of being the only boxer to hold three world championships at the same time and also defended the Welterweight championship more times than any other fighter. After retiring from the ring, he became a Baptist minister.
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Alice Coachman
b. 11-9-1923; Albany, GA
Alice Coachman, the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, won the 1948 Women's high jump and broke the Olympic record with 5'6 1/8".
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Joe Frazier
b. 1-12-1944; Beaufort, South Carolina
d. 11-7-2011; Philadelphia (liver cancer)
Professional boxer, Olympic gold medalist and Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion "Smokin' Joe” was active from 1965 to 1976, with a one-fight comeback in 1981.
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