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 an answer. Canada’s Penny Oleksiak, right, and United States’ Simone Manuel celebrate their tie for gold in the women’s 100-meter freestyle at the Summer Olympics […]
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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Aims to Reduce Drowning Deaths in Black Community
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 hosted more than 72 swimming clinics and events in efforts to cut statistics related to swimming deaths in the Black community. (Courtesy photo) The list […]

