12/21/2025
We humans have the fortitude of strenght when others would have given up!
Kelley Dolphus Stroud walked and hitchhiked 1,765 miles from Denver to Boston in 1928 after being denied promised money for travel for the Olympic trials because he was Black. 🙏
The 21-year-old reached the stadium six hours before the race, collapsed on the sixth lap from exhaustion, yet went on to graduate cm laude, making history at Colorado College, and inspiring generations.
His legacy is now being honored through documentaries, tributes, and renewed recognition of the runner who refused to quit. Let's spread the word! 👏
(Photo: Frank Shines)
