Robert Ryland, the first black to integrate U.S. pro tennis dies

NEW ORLEANS — Robert Ryland, a Xavier University of Louisiana alum and the first to integrate the mainstream U.S. pro tennis tour, died Sunday (Aug. 2, 2020) in New York at age 100. Ryland became a centenarian on June 16. He was born in Chicago and spent his first year of college at XULA during 1940-41. He departed XULA to join the Army during World War II. After the war, Ryland competed at Wayne State — where he reached the singles quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in 194

California releases some incarcerated individuals doing time for murder. Advocates push to free more

Terebea Williams was 22 when she shot her boyfriend, drove 750 miles with him bleeding in the trunk of his own car, and then dragged him into a Northern California motel, tied him to a chair and left him to die. Convicted of murder, carjacking, and kidnapping, Williams went on to earn a college degree during her 19 years in prison, where she also mentored younger inmates and was lauded by administrators for her “exceptional conduct” while incarcerated. The contrasting portrai