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Sharon J. Barnes, Chemist at Dow Chemical
Sharon J. Barnes, Chemist at Dow Chemical part of a team of five (two African Americans) who were assigned U.S. Patent #4,988,211 for an application in Infra-Red Thermography
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Jan
29
1991
Arthur Ashe, first African American American Davis
Arthur Ashe, first African American American Davis Cup team member, first African American to win the U.S. Open and the mens singles title at Wimbledon in 1975, born
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Apr
10
1943
Tia Mowry Shows Off Her Gray Crown In A Gorgeous Selfie

The sight of gray hair doesn’t seem to bother actress Tia Mowry-Hardrict. When her silver strands made their world debut in April, which was around the same time sales peaked

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ExxonMobil set for final phase of gas compressor testing - Stabroek News
ExxonMobil yesterday said that gas flaring has been reduced to pilot levels after the safe reinstallation of the flash gas compressor on the Liza Des-tiny Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) oil platform and a final phase of testing will take place this
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WATCH: Simone Biles Makes History At The U.S Classic With Yurchenko Double Pike
Biles made history after competing for the first time in 587 days.
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Reggie Bush Wants His Heisman Trophy Back - BNC
By: Tadi Abedje With the NCAA changing the rule allowing college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness, Bush decided to take it a step further by requesting to have his Heisman Trophy back. He won the award in 2005 after his stellar junior year when he rushed for 1,740 yards on
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Golden Jaguars in Florida, preparing for qualifier against Guatemala - Stabroek News
Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde says that the entire nation is supporting the Golden Jaguars in their quest to qualify for the 2021 Gold Cup. The article Golden Jaguars in Florida, preparing for qualifier against Guatemala appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Opinion: Dominique Dawes: As A Three-Time Olympic Gymnast, I Aplaud Simone Biles — And Know The Weight On Her Shoulders | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.washingtonpost.com Opinion by Dominique Dawes Dominique Dawes competed with the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and is the founder of the Dominique Dawes Gymnastics & Ninja Academy in Clarksburg, Md. When Simone Biles decided last week to withdraw from the team gymnastics
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VIDEO: Bot A Breakthrough: Tiny Nanobots Could Wipe Out Cancer Cells Without Surgery | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
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Simone Biles Lands the “Yurchenko Double Pike” and Makes History • EBONY
Is there nothing that Simone Biles’ mind and body cannot accomplish?! The defending world champion followed her teased return to competition in gold-winning fashion by becoming the first woman to land the Yurchenko double pike vault move in competition. Taking place this past Saturday, May 22, at
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Naomi Osaka Pulls Out Of Wimbledon
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Simone Biles makes history with Yurchenko double pike vault in return to competition at U.S. Classic news -The Black Chronicle
With time on her hands and a world-class gym at her disposal after the 2020 Olympics were postponed, Simone Biles started experimenting almost as a way to stave off
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Simone Biles fixes younger Black gymnast hair in sweet viral clip
Simone Biles broke records on Sunday when she became the only woman ever to bag seven U.S. titles. As theGRIO... View Article The post Simone Biles fixes younger Black gymnast Zoe Miller's hair in sweet viral clip appeared first on TheGrio.
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Simone Biles Rocks Patriotic Red, White, and Blue Braid on Glamour Mag Cover
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Simone Biles Is Ready To Compete Again In the Tokyo Olympics - Blavity
Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles is all set and ready to return to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics competition floor this week.  The 24-year-old gymnast is slated to compete in the balance beam final on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported .  Monday morning, the USA Gymnastics confirmed Biles
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John W. "Bud" Fowler
John W. Bud Fowler becomes the first black salaried player in organized baseball and possibly the first black player in the major leagues when he joins a white team in New Castle, PA.
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Jan
0
1872
Kanye West Reportedly Explored Getting His Name On Florida Ballots Before Bowing Out Of Presidential Race
It looks like just as quickly as Kanye decided to run for President, he decided to pull out. Imagine that.
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Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam | The Atlanta Voice
Simone Biles isn’t going home with a fistful of gold medals. A mental block — one brought on by exhaustion or stress or something the American gymnastics star still can’t quite grasp — that forced her to pull out of four Olympic finals saw to that. Yet standing on the podium Tuesday, a bronze medal
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Bertram M. Lee and Peter C.B. Bynoe sign an agreement to purchase the National B
Bertram M. Lee and Peter C.B. Bynoe sign an agreement to purchase the National Basketball Associations Denver Nuggets for $54 million. They become the first African American owners of a professional basketball team.
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21
1989
Skateboarder Sky Brown to become Britain's youngest summer Olympian - at 13!
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Those who win the play-in NBA games will love them
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Birthdate of James A. Harris, a nuclear chemist, retired from Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in 1988. Dr. Harris was the chemist on the team that discovered element 104 and 105 on the periodic table.
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1932
Gymnast Simone Biles Makes History As First Woman to Land Yurchenko Double Pike Vault at U.S. Classic news -The Black Chronicle
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2020 Tokyo Olympics: Simone Biles wows in what could be her final Olympics appearance news -The Black Chronicle

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Simone Biles lands Yurchenko double pike during U.S. Classic
With a bedazzled goat emblazoned on her back, Olympic champion Simone Biles is taking history-making to new heights. On Saturday,... View Article The post Simone Biles lands Yurchenko double pike during U.S. Classic appeared first on TheGrio.
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Senior Games/SilverArts has been able to continue their competition this year with just a few adjustments. The Literary Arts entries were recently judged by members of Winston-Salem Writers as in the past, with each category having three judges using a 10-point rating system. The Visual and
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Simone Biles says she saw psychologist regularly for anxiety - TheGrio
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