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By Jessica McElrath, About.com Guide to African-American History since 2000

George Poage

Tuesday May 15, 2007
Today, Olympic medalists Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens are familiar names. However, before Lewis and Owens, there was the lesser known Olympic athlete George Poage, who was the first African American to win a medal in the Olympics.

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