Good Morning POU! Today we feature Bonnie St. John! Bonnie St. John (born November 7, 1964) is the first African-American to win medals in Winter Paralympic competition as a ski racer. In the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria, St. John won a bronze medal in the slalom, a bronze medal in the giant slalom, and was awarded a silver medal for overall performance … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African Americans In Winter Sports
African American Skiers
Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans in Winter Sports
Good Morning POU! Today, meet the inspirational phenomenal skier Ralph Green. (From 2006) TURIN, Italy, Feb. 27 — A month after Ralph Green was gunned down on a Brooklyn street corner in 1992, his mother mustered the strength to look ahead. Until he was shot, Green had escaped the violence that plagued his Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. He was 15 and a promising high … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans in Winter Sports