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Carlos and Tommie #1009

Caption from poster:” Black America will understand what we did tonight.” It was the most popular medal ceremony of all time. The photographs of two black American sprinters standing on the medal podium with heads bowed and fists raised at the Mexico City Games in 1968 not only represent one of the most memorable moments in Olympic history but a milestone in America’s civil rights movement. ”

Paul Robeson #1021

Caption from poster: We ask for nothing that is not right, and herein lies the great power of our demand.

Muhammad Ali #1029

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on January 17, 1942) is a retired American boxer. In 1999, Ali was crowned “Sportsman of the Century” by Sports Illustrated. He won the World Heavyweight Boxing championship three times, and won the North American Boxing Federation championship as well as an Olympic gold medal.

Muhammad Ali #1031

Caption from poster: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Muhammad Ali #PP31038

Caption from poster: " The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."

Muhammad Ali # PP31040

Caption from poster: "Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."

Muhammad Ali #SP0244

Ali was well known for his fighting style, which he described as "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".     He was involved in several historic boxing matches, including three with rival Joe Frazier and one with George Foreman, whom he beat by knockout to win the world heavyweight title for the second time. He has only 5 losses (4 decisions, 1 TKO by retirement) and 0 draws in his career, while amassing 56 Wins (37 knockouts, 19 decisions).

Muhammad Speaks #1032

Muhammad Speaks was the title of one of the largest publications ever produced by Black people in the United States. Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad began the paper in 1961, it’s first issue bearing the title, “Some Of This Earth      To Call Our Own Or Else”.

Althea Gibson #1103

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was an American sportswoman who, on August 22, 1950, became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour. She is sometimes referred to as “the Jackie Robinson of tennis” for breaking the “color barrier”.

Arthur Ashe #1061

“Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1.”

Buck Leonard #1220

won Negro League championship nine years in a row with the Homestead Grays; hit .391 in 1948 to lead the league; usually batted cleanup behind Josh Gibson; retired at the age of 48; member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.