Host Rekaya Gibson pays tribute to Louise Fulton, an American professional bowler. In 1964, she won the Professional Women’s Bowling Association’s Princeton Open, becoming the first African American to win a professional bowling title. Also, Fulton was the first African American bowler inducted into the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 2001. #blackbowler #blackwomenbowlers #keepitsporty
Mentioned in this episode:
Marjorie Mitchell, professional bowler
Meadow Lanes Bowling Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Sources:
Louise Fulton and Marjorie Mitchell Papers and Photographs, 1982-2010, MSS 897, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center. historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3AUS-QQS-mss897/viewer
United States Bowling Congress. (2022). Louise Fulton. bowl.com/usbc-hall-of-fame/hall-of-famers/louise-fulton
Wiggins, D. K., & Swanson, R. A. (Eds.). (2016). Separate Games: African American Sport behind the Walls of Segregation. University of Arkansas Press. doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1f89v0m