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Louise Stokes and Tidye Pickett  
Champion athletes in track and field. Qualifiers for both the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles and 1936 Olympics held in Berlin yet never allowed to compete.
http://www.fofweb.com/History/MainPrintPage.asp?iPin=AWS0111&DataType=AmericanHistory

Eddie Tolan, 'The Funky Runner', became the first American track athlete to win double gold at the olympics in 1932.
http://arogundade.com/unknown-black-history-people-1932-olympic-sprinter-edward-eddie-tolan-biography.html

Jesse Owens - 1936 Olympics

In the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owens put on one of the most impressive performances in Olympic history.

George Coleman Poage, first Black Olympic medal winner 1904
 http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/first-black-wins-olympic-medal

Women's Football

During World War 1, women not only replaced their male counterparts in the workforce, but in the sports world. Women's football drew crowds of up to 53,000. However, after the war and with the soldiers' return, the women found themselves once again relegated to domestic duty.


Female football star Bella Reay

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30329606

Negro League History

https://youtu.be/0udcvoq662w