August 20, 2016
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Success of African-American female athletes strikes a chord in U.S.
PHILADELPHIA – Andrea Lawful-Sanders has a ritual for cheering the black heroines of the Summer Olympics.
She gets into her corner of the living room, sets up her chair, demands silence before screaming at the top of her lungs, flails her body wildly and – in keeping with her Jamaican-American heritage – bangs pot covers together to celebrate victories.
