George Coleman Poage becomes the first African American athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games, winning the two bronze medals (200-meter and 400-meter hurdles ) at the 1904 games in St. Louis.
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"Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That One.' And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president."
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