The reason I created this website was for me to learn information on African-American people. When I did learn about four African-Americans, then I would have to present my research to my peers. I decided to present my findings through this website. As you can observe, I chose four athletes. At first I chose four people in different categories, but they didn't have a connection. That is when I switch to include sports only.These four people are roughly from the same generation, but play different sports.I chose Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson because I knew about them, but I didn't know a lot about them. Joe Louis and Althea Gibson I chose because I did not know about them. My four people connect through the fact that they went through a very difficult barrier-the racial barrier. Whether it was through running in the olympics, winning for the first time , playing a hard season, or inspiring Americans through fighting.