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Sat, 02.27.1988

The First Black Wins a Winter Olympic Medal

Thomas in her "Zone"

*On this date in 1988, world-class figure skater Debi Thomas made an Olympic first. She won a bronze medal in the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

She became the first person of African ancestry to win any medal in the Winter Games.

New Poem Each Day

Poetry Corner

I Life goes by moving, Up and down a chain of moods Wanting what’s nothing. II My soul is the wind Dashing down fields of Autumn: O, too swift... ENCHANTMENT by Lewis Grandison Alexander
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