by BoydstonCassandra | Sep 22, 2018 | African American History, People
Born in Rockville Centre, New York, Myles Jones began playing lacrosse in 2006 on his 6th grade team as a defender. He also played football in his youth and was quarterback of his high school team, Walt Whitman. In school, Jones was constantly critiqued by his...
by BoydstonCassandra | Jul 25, 2018 | African American History, People
Billy Daye is one of the most influential role models for African Americans in lacrosse. He began his freshman year at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1989, playing in the 1990 spring season. He was one of the first black lacrosse players in the...
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by PattersonVanessaLeAnne | Jan 18, 2007 | African American History, People
Athlete, actor, and political activist James Nathaniel Brown was born February 17, 1936, in St. Simon Island, Georgia. A talented athlete from an early age, Brown earned 13 letters playing a variety of sports at Manhasset High School in New York. Over the course of...
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