It still amazes me that I'm the first Black woman to sit in this chair and do ... and good and decent people need to keep running for office, and people like me will help them implement policy ...

was the first Black American to best 2:30, which he did with a 2:26:44 in a marathon in Philadelphia in 1958. (Currently, the fastest time over the 26.2 miles by a U.S.-born Black runner is Nathan ...

And Melat started all the heroics by winning the Marathon World Championship in 2015. The Dibabas were inspired to take up running by their cousin Derartu Tulu, the first Black African woman to ...