Good Tuesday morning Obots! Today's featured legends in the world of motorsports are Charles Wiggins and Wendell Scott. Charles Wiggins was born and raised in Indianapolis, one of the hotbeds of American auto racing, but at the time – the 1920s - a city with a deeply-divided ethnic population. Despite the heavy presence of the Ku Klux Klan and racial barriers of the day, … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans in MotorSports
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Monday Open Thread: African-Americans In MotorSports
Good Morning Obots! This week's feature will spotlight the rich history of black drivers on the racing circuit. Today we begin with the story of the Gold & Glory Sweepstakes. In the 1920s, a group of black sportsmen created the nation's single largest sporting event ever held by and for African Americans: the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes, a series of 100-mile auto racing … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-Americans In MotorSports