Kinney Holbrook joined the Hawkeye football team in 1895, becoming the first African-American athlete in the history of the University of Iowa and the first documented black college athlete in the ...

And I knew about his storied career. But I had no clue that he was the first African-American athlete. I was floored when I ...

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents his second, and final, discussion with Dr.

In 1908, when Jack Johnson fought Tommy Burns to become the first African American heavyweight champion ... 1908 Ever since the ancient Olympic Games, athletes have represented their native ...

Bradley, the first African-American student-athlete at South Carolina, was honored at Founders Park this past weekend. He was recruited to play baseball for the Gamecocks back in 1967.

Seba Johnson became the first African American female to compete in Alpine Skiing back in 1988, representing the U.S. Virgin Islands. At the age of 14, she was also the youngest Alpine ski racer ...