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Posted inSports

Simone Manuel’s Gold Medal is Not Just for Her

by Beth HarrisAugust 13, 2016January 25, 2022

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When she was 11, Simone Manuel came home and asked her mother a question: Why weren’t there more people who looked like her in swimming? Mom didn’t have […]

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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Aims to Reduce Drowning Deaths in Black Community

by Alexis TaylorAugust 13, 2016January 25, 2022

The women of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority are on a mission: no rest until the cycle of death by drowning in the Black community is broken. Sigma Gamma Rho has […]

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