Under the auspices of legal allegations, Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz has stepped aside as the leader of the Seattle Police Department. Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell, flanked by Chief Diaz and former King County Sheriff Sue Rahr, announced that Diaz will be stepping down and Rahr will serve as interim chief.

For decades, Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb were celebrated as the greatest figures in baseball, with Ruth hailed as the best player and Cobb as the premier hitter. However, these narratives often excluded African American athletes whose contributions were underreported or dismissed. This exclusion persisted despite the talents that led to Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in 1947 as the first Black player in the modern Major Leagues.

Marcus Garvey, SoJourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Medgar Evers, Ida B. Wells, Dr. M.L. King, Jr. --even John Brown, a white man, worked so hard because they believed that one day, America would live up to her name for “We the People” that would include all of us—that America would come to be better than she began.