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On April 19, 1967, twenty-year-old Kathrine Switzer pinned bib number 261 to her gray sweatshirt and lined up at the start of the Boston Marathon...
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe walked onto Centre Court at the All England Club to face Jimmy Connors in the Wimbledon final. Connors was...
In November 1968, Shirley Chisholm stood before supporters in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, having just won election to the United States Congress — the first Black...
On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister stepped onto the cinder track at Iffley Road in Oxford, England, attempting what no human had ever done —...
On the blustery evening of May 6, 1954, a twenty-five-year-old medical student named Roger Bannister stood at the starting line of the Iffley Road Track...
On April 19, 1967, twenty-year-old Kathrine Switzer pinned bib number 261 to her sweatshirt and lined up at the start of the Boston Marathon. She...
On the morning of May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister nearly stayed home. Wind gusted across the Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England, and the twenty-five-year-old...
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe walked onto Centre Court at Wimbledon to face Jimmy Connors, the defending champion and overwhelming favorite. Connors was younger,...
On April 19, 1967, twenty-year-old Kathrine Switzer pinned bib number 261 to her sweatshirt and lined up at the start of the Boston Marathon. No...
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe walked onto Centre Court at Wimbledon to face Jimmy Connors, the brash defending champion whom oddsmakers favored heavily. Ashe...