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Trailblazer: The Story of Angelo Howard

Official Site of the Purple Aces | May 9, 2020

Related Topics: Angelo Howard, Howard University, Dwight Howard, Howard County, Howard Bison, Trailblazer, Earleen Smith, African Americans, Natasha Howard, My Family Jewels

NOTE: I am thankful to Earleen Smith-Brown, Angelo Howard's step-daughter, for her assistance in compiling information on Mr. Howard and utilizing excerpts from her work "My Family Jewels" for this piece.

Trailblazer [treyl-bley-zer] – noun

  1. a person who blazes a trail for others to follow through unsettled country or wilderness; pathfinder.
  2. a pioneer in any field of endeavor.

Angelo Howard truly embodied the term "trailblazer". The first African-American student-athlete at the University of Evansville when he enrolled in the university in 1946, Howard paved the way for many African-American and minority student-athletes.

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