A Black Man named Edwin Moses Broke the World Record in Olympics

1976, Edwin Moses was a 20 year
old engineering student at
MOrehouse College. He went
to the college on his academics
instead of sports scholarship.

When you see his picture of him

jumping the hurdles, he looks

like a man of mission. You can

see the strength in his legs.

I’m glad they used this picture

because it really truly does

add to this inspiring article..

MOntreal Olympics was
the name of his 1st international
competition.

Though he was inexperience, Moses
won the 400m hurdles by 8 meters.
That’s the biggest victory in
history and that’s how he broke
the world record.

Edwin,won a second gold medal.
From 1977-1987, Moses won
122 races which included
107 finals in meets that
got him to 22 different
countries.

1988, Moses competed at the
Seoul Olympics and earned
a bronzel medal when he
was 33 years old.

Here is the url to his article:

http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=38420

African Americans Kim Terrell and George Branham III are professional Bowlers on the National Pro Bowlers Tour

Two Professional African American

bowlers are Kim Terrell and George

Branham III have made a name for

themselves on the National Pro

Bowlers Tour.

For Kim Terrell, as a teen her height

gave her advantages in sports like

basketball and softball. She decided

to go into Bowling to be at college

with her sister.( I heard bowling

offers scholarships for those really
good at it)

The Terrell sisters were powerful in the The San

Jose State University Bowling team . That

team won to the University of

California Berkley Golden Bears.

Terrell became the Ladys Professional

Bowlers Association Rookie of the Year.

She got a spot in the San Francisco

Black Sports Hall of Fame with greats

such as Bobby Bonds, Willie Mays, and

Debi Thomas.

She teaches bowling and coaches
for the United States Congress Team.

Mr George Branham III was a another
great African American bowler.

He was the first African American

to win a Pro Bowling Title and he came from

Detroit, Michigan. Also, he was the

first African American to gain

a Professional Bowling Association

entry exemption.

Unlike other kids

George understood how the ball

curves and why. He participated in

the Pro Bowlers Championship

tournament in Dublin. He was

a prodigy. That’s how he

distinguished himself at the age of
6.

I wonder how they come up with

the scoring for bowling. The Elf

bowling online game is interesting.

I wonder what’s the method
to getting a bowling strike?

See the article here:
http://www.blackathlete.net/artman/publish/article_01528.shtml

Black Man named Charles Chapman is the first Black Person to Swim in the ENglish Channel!

Ok you know what? We don’t hear enough about

African American swimmers. But I”m going to tell you.

I was typing in African AMerican swimmers in the

search box andI did not spot these people who are

African American swimmers in the search engine.

Yet, I still found their

collected articles on this site.

To start, Charles Chapman is the African American man who won a
swimming scholarship to Los Angeles City College.
He swam his first marathon race in San
Francisco Bay.

Charles Chapman had a trademark butterfly stroke for

his swimming. He had the 2 fastest times in Manhattan.

His name will go down in history as the first

African American to swim in the English Channel..

He can swim all day like his body was made

for the waters. Chapman was the first Black person

to swim around Alcatraz Island.

Charles set a record when he swam around

Manhattan with a 28.5 mile swim in 9 hours,

25 minutes and 8 seconds.
He is also going a swim and starting from Buffalo.

Buffalo has a black history to it because that’s

where Harriett Tubman help free the slaves

in the Underground Railroad.

My comment

This man kept setting those records as you can
see. I see setting records as competing with yourself.
If you compete with yourself, you are striving to
do better.

The url of this article is here;

http://www.blackathlete.net/artman/publish/article_01925.shtml