Black swimmers take the stage
By A Mystery Man Writer
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BY PETER SESAY Blacks have largely dominated the world of sports in almost every compartment over the ages. The long list of black sporting legends includes Jesse Owens, the four-time gold medalist track and field champion of the mid-1930s; Muhammad Ali, Pele, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Usain Bolt, Serena Williams and so many others in
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SWIMMER
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FILE - Simone Manuel, of United States, swims in a women's 50
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The Howard Bison, the only all-black team in college swimming, are
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