Sierra Athletics Media Podcast 4: Pioneering Black Female Athletes

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In this episode of the Sierra Athletics Media Podcast Francis C. Harris and Charles F. Harris Jr. focus on the lives and athletic careers of three pioneering African-American women athletes of the early 20th century: educator and tennis champion Lucy Diggs Slowe (1883-1937), tennis champion and basketball player Ora Mae Washington (1898-1971); and versatile all around athlete and Temple University graduate Inez “Pat” Paterson (1911-1944).