Lacy, Sam
1903-
Lacy, Samuel Harold
1903-
Fighting for fairness, 1998: CIP t.p. (Sam Lacy) data sheet (Samuel Harold Lacy, Sr.; b. Oct. 23, 1903)
African American National Biography, accessed February 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lacy, Sam; Samuel Harold Lacy; print journalist, sportswriter, newspaper editor / publisher; born 23 October, 1903 in Mystic, Connecticut, United States (after recent research considered born 1905 in Washington, D.C.); attended Howard University (1924); was sports editor, Washington Tribune (1926, 1933-1938); played baseball in Connecticut (1929); was assistant national editor, Chicago Defender (1940), a columnist and sports editor for weekly Baltimore Afro-American (1943-2003); established Major League Committee on Baseball Integration (1945); won the J. G. Taylor Spink Award (1997), earned his place in the writers' wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame (1998); died 08 May, 2003 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
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