Peggy Llewellyn is the first black woman in the world to win a professional motorsports event. She finished in the 2007 Powerade Top Five standings where she recorded her post-career best time and speed. At 5-foot-2 and 115 pounds, the San Antonio native was introduced to two-wheel motorsports by her father, Eugene, who owns a […]
Henry Johnson was a former Harlem Hellfighter of the 369th Regiment, World War I. The story of his fight in France earned him the rank of war hero, but, like most black soldiers, his fame quickly dissolved.  http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/22313
The case of Shelley vs. Kraemer dates back to 1945, when the family of J.D. Shelley purchased a home in a St. Louis neighborhood that had apparently been under a restrictive covenant. This meant that white families in the area had a clause in their real estate contracts stating that no family with “Negro or […]
