Bill Pinkney, Globe-Circling Sailor Who Set a Racial Mark, Dies at 87

Bill Pinkney, Globe-Circling Sailor Who Set a Racial Mark, Dies at 87

The New York Times - Sports:

He was the first Black person to sail alone by way of the arduous southern route, rounding the perilous Cape Horn and withstanding storms and loneliness.

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