« Coke & Charlie Brown – the Letters | Main | Mary Alexander – early African-American model »
Did you know that in the 1950s, a number of Coke ads featured famous African-American sports champions? Among them were Larry Doby, the first Black baseball player in the American League; Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame first baseman Ernie Banks; and Olympians Jesse Owens and Alice Coachman. In fact, we have each of these ads on display at the New World of
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00e39332d009883400e5505b813f8833
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Sports stars in our ads:
Welcome to our blog! We'll share information on a wide variety of topics, ranging from our role in history to Coke collectibles. However, the blog only works if there is a two-way dialogue. We look forward to chatting with you!
Phil Mooney is The
Ted Ryan manages the Archives collections and exhibits. He loves social media and in addition to the blog, Ted runs the Archives Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Jamal Booker is the processing archivist, responsible for cataloging and digitization. A huge music fan, he also films and edits all of the videos on the site.
We want you to leave comments and ask us questions on this blog. However, we will review all comments before they go live, and will not post any that are inappropriate or offensive. We will only post comments that relate to the subjects covered by this blog, and may need to edit some of the comments from time to time. Please understand that comments posted to this site do not represent the opinions of the Company.
