National Museum of African American History and Culture
Racing shirt for the New York Pioneer Club worn by Ted Corbitt
Unidentified · 1950s
American long-distance runner Ted Corbitt joined the New York Pioneer Club, the nation's first integrated running organization, in 1947. Corbitt was a marathon champion and a pioneer of ultramarathons in the United States. He was among the first five athletes inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in Utica, N.Y., in 1998.
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