Sports – Golf
Charles Luther Sifford (1922-2015)
Charles Luther Sifford, the first Black player to participate in the PGA Tour and the first named to the World...
Lewis Chitengwa (1975-2001)
Lewis Chitengwa was a Zimbabwean golfer who, in 1993, became the first Black person to win the South African Amateur...
The Shady Rest Golf and Country Club (1921- )
The Shady Rest Golf & Country Club in Scotch Plains, New Jersey is the oldest African American golf club in...
Ann Moore Gregory (1912-1990)
Ann Gregory was a pioneering African American female golfer. Born in Aberdeen, Mississippi, on July 25, 1912, Gregory was the...
William James “Bill” Powell (1916-2009)
Bill Powell was the first African American to design, construct, and own a professional golf course in the United States....
Leonard Reed (1907-2004)
Leonard Reed, a noted dancer and entertainment businessman, co-created the famous Shim Sham Shimmy tap routine that has been replicated...
Junius George Groves (1859-1925)
Junius G. Groves, a successful, self-educated farmer, landowner, and entrepreneur, became one of the most prosperous African American men in...
Eldrick “Tiger” Woods (1975- )
Eldrick “Tiger” Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California to parents Earl and Kultida Woods. His mother...
Althea Gibson (1927-2003)
Althea Gibson, a sharecropper’s daughter, entered the world of sports when segregation severely limited opportunities for African Americans. She eventually...
