The chains were invisible, but they effectively disenfranchised the descendants of enslaved African Americans or Negros — in the best of times — as they were ...

My predecessor, George Yardley, in 1619, is the guy right over here at Fort Monroe, the colonial British governor that accepted the 19 Negroes in exchange for rations off the White Lion slave ship ...

George Yardley played with Detroit from 1953 to 1959, helping to carry the torch from Fort Wayne to the Motor City. He gets the nod over arguably the most talented Piston of all-time, Grant Hill ...

1 / 17George "Yardbird" Yardley Before he led the NBA in scoring in 1957, the 6-foot-5 forward was called “Yardbird” by his fraternity brothers at Stanford, paying homage to his outdoor chores.