by David H. Jackson Jr. | Jun 15, 2024 | African American History, People
Charles Luther Sifford, the first Black player to participate in the PGA Tour and the first named to the World Golf Hall of Fame, was born on June 2, 1922, in Charlotte, North Carolina. His parents were Pasco Sifford from Charlotte and Eliza Sifford Darkins from South...
by MolsonJeannette | Mar 27, 2024 | African American History, People
Alonzo Logwone Mitz was a National Football League (NFL) defensive end who played professionally for the Seattle Seahawks and the Cincinnati Bengals. Mitz was born on June 5, 1963, in Henderson, North Carolina, and raised by his mother Rosa Lee Winbush, and his...
by RebeccaCavanaugh | Dec 17, 2020 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The Wake-Robin Golf Club (WRGC) was the first and is the oldest African American women’s golf club in the United States. It was founded on April 22, 1937 in Washington, D.C. by Helen Webb Harris, a school teacher. The WRGC is named after the wake-robin wildflower that...
by WaltonPeter | May 29, 2015 | African American History, People
Calvin Peete at the 1986 Western Open in Oak Brook, Illinois “Image Ownership: Ted Van Pelt” Professional golfer Calvin Peete was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 18, 1943. Toward the end of the 20th Century Peete had become the most successful African...
by KempValerieJ | Feb 21, 2011 | African American History, People
John Matthew Shippen, Jr. was the first African American professional golfer and known as one of America’s golf pioneers. Shippen achieved this distinction when he competed in the US Open in 1896. John Shippen was born on December 5, 1879 in Long Island, New...
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