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✊🏾 BHM 2026 Notables by QCT | Post #11
“Breaking
Barriers on Greens & Ground”
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🏌🏾 Dr.
(honorary)
Charles Luther Sifford (1922–2015)
Born
in Charlotte’s Woodlawn neighborhood, Charles Sifford caddied on
segregated courses before conquering the United Negro Golf
Association with 17 titles. In 1961, after pressure from ally
Sammy Davis Jr., Sifford integrated the PGA Tour, breaking the
"Caucasian-only" clause. He braved racist taunts, threats,
and exclusion, yet triumphed at the 1967 Greater Hartford Open and
1975 L.A. Open, later claiming six Senior Tour victories. A mentor to
Tiger Woods, Sifford received the Presidential Medal of
Freedom and a place in the World Golf Hall of Fame—cementing
his legacy as golf’s racial pioneer.
🦷 Dr.
Reginald Armistice Hawkins, DDS
(1923–2007)
A Charlotte dentist, WWII veteran,
and Presbyterian minister, Dr. Hawkins was a bold civil rights force.
He helped desegregate Good Samaritan Hospital and led
Charlotte lunch counter sit-ins. On Nov. 22, 1965, his home—along
with those of NAACP leader Kelly Alexander Sr., his
brother Fred Alexander, and attorney Julius
Chambers—was bombed in retaliation for school integration
lawsuits and voter activism. Undeterred, Hawkins ran for NC Governor
in 1968 as the first major-party Black candidate, courageously
demanding equality in the face of Klan opposition.
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📚 Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Sifford
https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/02/20/remembering-legendary-charlie-sifford
https://genesisinvitational.com/news/charlie-siffords-lasting-legacy/
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2015660248/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_Sifford_1961.JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Hawkins
https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/hawkins-reginald-armistead
https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00678/
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article288086960.html
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