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Breaking the Color Line: 1940 to 1946

By Library of Congress

In 1945, the Jim Crow policies of baseball changed forever when Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson of the Negro League's Kansas City Monarchs agreed to a contract that would bring Robinson into the major leagues in 1947.

Read on www.loc.gov

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#HowYouSeeMe - How to Talk about Disability with Four Successful Women.

Eone has hosted virtual panel with Becca Meyers, Catherine Elliott, Lizzi Smith and Mallory Weggemann! Hear what these four amazing individuals have to say about embracing their differences and how they tackle the World.

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Strongwomen Athletes Learn How Exercise Can Restore and Grow Your Brain | ABC Australia

Mari is with Sam Hughes, Senior Exercise Physiologist at BrainPark. He gets her to do a Vo2 Max testing exercise to see how fit she is, and how far she can push her body.

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Manchester United Unveil Campaign Against Discrimination

Manchester United is demonstrating its longstanding #allredallequal commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion through a new HATRED campaign that goes live on club channels and around the stadium prior to this weekend’s Premier League home game.

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Caitlin Davis Fisher: The Body Image of Female Athletes

Caitlin Davis Fisher is a professional football player in Brazil. She cofounded the Guerreiras Project, which focuses on gender, body and football, and is furthering this research as a Fulbright scholar.

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Megan Rapinoe Calls Out Sports Illustrated During Speech

Megan Rapinoe calls out Sports Illustrated; Rick Strom breaks it down.

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Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance

Simone Biles’ entrance into the world of gymnastics may have started on a field trip in her hometown of Spring, Texas, but her God-given talent, along with drive to succeed no matter the obstacle, are what brought her to the national spotlight during the Olympic Games and have catapulted her ever...

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Simone Biles
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Olympic Medalist Simone Biles on Her Scholarship, Lifetime Movie and Larry Nassar | TODAY

Five-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles talks to TODAY’s Hoda Kotb about the new scholarship being launched in her name, a new Lifetime movie based on her life, the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and the sentencing of disgraced doctor Larry Nassar. She says the judge in Nassar’s trial is her “hero.

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Simone Biles
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How Billie Jean King Changed Gender Equality in Sports

Former tennis star Bobby Riggs bragged that he could beat any female tennis player. In 1973, he met his match when he faced top-ranked Billie Jean King in a televised event dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes.”

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Billie Jean King
2017
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Own the Arena: Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and Succeeding as the Only One

From the former President and CEO of the United States Tennis Association—the first black woman and youngest person ever to hold the position—comes a behind-the-scenes look at the leadership skills involved in hosting the U.S.

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Eat Sweat Play: How Sport can Change our Lives

Why are women reluctant to play sports? What are the benefits for women playing sports? Eat Sweat Play answers these questions and more.

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