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UW-Madison Black History: Alumnus Cleared Hurdles on the Track in Life

Posted on February 26, 2018

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV)– George Coleman Poage, a UW-Madison alumni, became the first African American to earn an Olympic medal. Poage was said to be “perhaps the greatest track athlete that was ever developed in this city” …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Black history, UW-Madison Black History

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