First-Time Olympian Gabby Thomas Runs Third-Fastest Time in History in Women’s 200 Meters

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First-Time Olympian Gabby Thomas Runs Third-Fastest Time in History in Women’s 200 Meters

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By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com As African-American women continue to break barriers, nurse Sandra Lindsay who works at a hospital in Queens, N.Y., became the first person to take the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. This historic moment was televised, she said, according to

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