April 26, 2024

Sports history in Black: Ernie Davis

  • By Mike Patton
  • NABJ Black News & Views

December 14-Ernie Davis was incredible in his run at Syracuse University. He was the first African-American to win the Heisman in 1961. He was born on this day in 1939 in New Salem, Pennsylvania.

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