Larry Doby, pioneering Black baseball star, given Congressional Gold Medal By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – Larry Doby, who in 1947 became the second Black player to break baseball’s color barrier, leading the Cleveland Indians to a World Series championship the following year,…
LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER’S 10th ANNUAL GENIUS GALA TO HONOR DOUBLE AMPUTEE WHO IS “LEADER OF THE BIONIC AGE,” A PIONEERING TRANSPLANT SURGEON WITH A HEART TRANSPLANT, AND THE WOMAN CONSIDERED WORLD’S FOREMOST MAPPER OF BLACK HOLES