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Wally Triplett, the 1st Black Player to Be Drafted and Appear in an NFL Game, Dies at Age 92
Wally Triplett, the trailblazing Detroit Lions running back who was the first African-American to appear in a game for an NFL team after getting drafted, died Thursday. He was 92. In a statement released by The Lions, Triplett is celebrated for his contributions both on and off the field. “As the first African American to…
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Janet Reno, 1st Female US Attorney General, Dead at 78
Janet Reno, who during the Bill Clinton administration became the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, has died of complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was 78. Reno died early Monday morning surrounded by family and friends, her niece Daphne Webb told NBC News. Reno served nearly eight years as attorney general under President…
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Kimbo Slice and the Inglorious Path of Fleeting Glory
Kimbo Slice’s story was bound to end this way because America has always boxed with black men while wearing loaded gloves. Even when you’re bigger, faster, stronger and punching twice as hard, there’s always the risk of your Dickensian rise from poverty ending in tragedy because the American design, for many black people, is filled…