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The week that the Masters color barrier finally fellIt was shortly after 2 p.m. when the red limousine passed under the canopy of leaves on Magnolia Lane, pulling into the circular driveway at Augusta National Golf Club. Lee Elder was running late.
Lee Elder was the first Black golfer in the Masters 50 years ago. His caddie that week was Augusta native Henry Brown, who has his own unique golf story.
Fifty years ago, Lee Elder broke the color barrier at the Masters, confronting both the ugly history of racism in America and the natural beauty of Augusta National Golf Club. On April 8 ...
It comes off the golf club and you watch the flight and you ... note that we celebrate a significant milestone this week … Lee Elder became the first Black man to compete in the Masters ...
The kids from Edgewater, Beach Haven, Moreno Courts and all of those side streets off Gulf Beach Highway that are named for ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Fifty years ago, when Lee Elder became the first Black golfer to qualify for the Masters, he wasn't much in a mood to discuss it. "I'm not talking," Elder told reporters on April 7 ...
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