On Saturday, legendary sports journalists were honored by journalists who broke obstacles and changing the games we love.
Fame ceremony of the opening black sportswriters, Was held at North Carolina A & T State University On Saturday, April 12, a historic moment of recognizing the success of the industry-forming trailblazing athletes.
Rob Parker, a veteran sports journalist and broadcaster, appeared in the idea for the hall of fame. After teaching the writer of a baseball writer in the North Carolina in 2023, Parker inspired the enthusiasm and badge of students.
Despite the contributions to journalism and sports culture, it often intended a place to honor black sports sciences. The hall of fame ensures the perfection and historically recognize the scarce for black writers.
There are three legendary figures in the first grade in the first grade:
William C. Rhoden: The New York Times and ESPN and Rhoden, who are familiar with the work of the ESPN, became a vote for social justice and sports commentary. My career is formed by mentors such as Sam Lacy and reflects the importance of black colleges as a rebuke in the background of Morgan State University.
Claire Smith: The first female Beat writer, which covers the basic league baseball in the main league, Smith, broke obstacles in an area dominated by a man. The peers voted for the opening class, which recognizes its 47-year-old perfection in journalism.
Michael Wilbon: The former Washington Post column and the partnership of ESPN is a prominent figure in sports media for decades.
The hall of the fame also admitted several influential journalists:
Sam Lacy: Baltimor Afro-American, Lacy Afro-American, Howard Alum, HOWARD Alum, HOWARD Alium, was also instrumental in the Great League Baseball in sports and Jackie Robinson’s Great League Baseball.
Wendell Smith: Jackie Robinson and his belongings were found in Pittsburgh Courier, Smith, West Virginia State University Alum, among the first black athletes in the daily newspaper.
Includes other honorees Bryan Burewell (Virginia State University), Thom Greer, Larry Whitesideand Ralph WileyEach one remembered their effective careers.
The hall of the fame does not only notice individual achievements, but also emphasizes a wider struggle of black athletes to recognize the dominated industry.
Lacy and Smith, journalists endured the racism while defending the way for the integration of sports by opening the way for future generations. Their work went through the change of society and affecting difficult areas.
It has created a place to respond to these contributions to continue breaking obstacles by breaking barriers by breaking the next generations of the hall, Parker and North Carolina, Parker and North Carolina. It is a call for measures and action to enter the greater history and media in the media.
