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...height of the civil rights movement, Jackie Robinson published a compilation of interviews with major league players and managers about the state of integration of the game. Robinson concluded that baseball had achieved considerable progress. Less than two decades after Robinson became the first black player in the major leagues, African Americans made up close to 20% of professional baseball players. The name of Robinson's book was Baseball Has Done...
...liked to say his greatest record was having "one job and one wife," but college football coach Eddie Robinson will be remembered for single-handedly putting Louisiana's tiny Grambling State University on the national map. Until 2003, when John Gagliardi of St. John's topped him, his 408-165-15 record over 56 years made him the winningest coach in college football. But he was proudest of the 200-plus players he sent to the NFL, including Paul Younger, the league's first player from an all-black school, in 1949, and Super Bowl MVP quarterback Doug Williams...
...Hope Lives in Ghana I enjoyed reading Simon Robinson's wonderfully descriptive article about the hopes and disappointments of the Deh family of Ghana [March 12]. I am a Tanzanian of East Indian ancestry, and I believe that Africa has a lot of potential, not only in its vast natural resources, space and beauty but also in its young people, such as 18-year-old Delight Kofi Aka Deh. If this potential could be harnessed by democracy (the best antidote to tribalism) and the economic freedom of private enterprise, Africa could be the next economic success story, even a miracle...
...Hope Lives in Ghana I enjoyed reading Simon Robinson's wonderfully descriptive article about the hopes and disappointments of the Deh family of Ghana [March 5]. I am a Tanzanian of East Indian ancestry, and I believe that Africa has a lot of potential, not only in its vast natural resources, space and beauty but also in its young people, such as 18-year-old Delight Kofi Aka Deh. If this potential could be harnessed by democracy (the best antidote to tribalism) and the economic freedom of private enterprise, Africa could be the next economic success story, even a miracle...
...polls suggest that a clear majority of Bangladeshis support the present government even though it is unelected, has banned all political activity, and has yet to announce a date for fresh elections. On Tuesday, in his first extensive interview since coming to power, Ahmed spoke with TIME's Simon Robinson in a meeting room next door to Zia's old office. Excerpts...