. . . . "Sam Lacy"@en . . . . . "1903-10-23"^^ . . . . . "Samuel Harold Lacy"@en . . . . . . "1903"^^ . . . . . . . . "Samuel Harold Lacy (October 23, 1903 \u2013 May 8, 2003) was an African-American and Native American sportswriter, reporter, columnist, editor, and television/radio commentator who worked in the sports journalism field for parts of nine decades. Credited as a persuasive figure in the movement to racially integrate sports, Lacy in 1948 became one of the first black members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). In 1997, he received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing from the BBWAA, which placed him in the writers' and broadcasters' wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998."@en . . "Samuel Harold Lacy"@en . "Sam Lacy"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "30486038"^^ . . . . "1969"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Samuel Howe Lacy, Michaelyn Lacy Harris"@en . "1952"^^ . . "1953"^^ . . . . "Samuel Harold Lacy (October 23, 1903 \u2013 May 8, 2003) was an African-American and Native American sportswriter, reporter, columnist, editor, and television/radio commentator who worked in the sports journalism field for parts of nine decades. Credited as a persuasive figure in the movement to racially integrate sports, Lacy in 1948 became one of the first black members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). In 1997, he received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing from the BBWAA, which placed him in the writers' and broadcasters' wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998."@en . . . "2003-05-08"^^ . "1088595039"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Mystic, Connecticut, USA"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1927"^^ . . . . . "Lacy at his 99th birthday party"@en . . . . . "Sam Lacy"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1903-10-23"^^ . . . . . "2003"^^ . ""@en . . "2003"^^ . . . . . "1920"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "32605"^^ . . . . . . . . ";"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sportswriter, editor, TV/radio commentator"@en . "1920"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Roberta Robinson"@en . . "2003-05-08"^^ . "Barbara Robinson"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .