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Marines to elevate Michael Langley as first Black four-star general
Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley poses in the Russell Senate Office Building on July 18. He is being considered to lead the military’s Africa Command and, if promoted, would become the first Black four-star Marine Corps officer. (Louie Palu/Agence VU) Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, whose confirmation hearing is scheduled for Thursday, has been tapped […]
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Mike Grier, the N.H.L.’s First Black General Manager, Started as a College Benchwarmer
Mike Grier spent the first game of his freshman season at Boston University not on the ice but in the stands, unready for the lineup, minding a high school recruit checking out the program. He saw little ice time in the next three games and then was told that was what he could expect for […]
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