South America – Surinam
Chandrikapersad Santokhi (1959- )
Politician Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi, whose grandparents were taken to Surinam from Bihar, India, to work as indentured laborers during the...
Woody Strode (1914-1994)
Born July 28, 1914, in Los Angeles, California, Woody Strode (Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode) was first of the star football...
Kenneth S. [“Kenny”] Washington (1918-1971)
Kenneth S. Washington was one of the first black college football stars on the West Coast and one of two...
