Pioneering African-American Athletes

Pioneering African-American Athletes

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Debi Thomas skating in 1988 (AP Images)

Jack Johnson with fists raised in posed photograph (AP Images)

John Taylor poised to start race (Courtesy Penn Relays)

Fritz Pollard posing with football (Courtesy Brown University)

Jackie Robinson posing with bat in 1952 (AP Images)

Don Barksdale posing with basketball in 1953 (AP Images)

Althea Gibson reaching low to return shot in 1956 (AP Images)

Ernie Davis holding Heisman Trophy in 1961 (AP Images)

Overhead view of Bill Russell performing layup in 1956 (AP Images)

Arthur Ashe returning shot in 1975 (AP Images)

Side view of Frank Robinson in uniform in 1976 (AP Images)

Debi Thomas skating in 1988 (AP Images)

Tiger Woods crouching to watch rolling golf ball in 1997 (AP Images)