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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
Tim Woolgar is a British chess boxer and event organiser who established Great Britain Chess Boxing Organisation and the London Chessboxing Club, the first United Kingdom chessboxing institution.[1][2] He is the current president of the World Chessboxing Association. He is a former holder of the title, British Heavyweight Chess Boxing Champion. He also promotes chess boxing events.
Woolgar plans to come out of retirement to fight in London in December 2022.[needs update]
Woolgar, otherwise known as "the Hippo" because of his rotund midsection [3] has fought 12 times in Chessboxing with a record of 4-7-1.[4]
Woolgar formerly worked in the media as one of the UK's first video-journalists being one of the original recruits to Associated Media's TV news service Channel One London.[5] Woolgar also worked as a video-journalist at the BBC's Science and Features department, an executive producer at ITV and as head of interactive programming at Endemol UK.
On 15 August 2008, Woolgar won 1st vacant title of British heavyweight championship by checkmate in 9th round against Exeter-based Stewart Telford.[6]
On 24 April 2009, Woolgar competed in the world's first chess boxing match under amateur rules against Matthew Read, losing to a 7th round checkmate.[7]
In October 2011, Woolgar was elected to the post of director of marketing of the English Chess Federation with 95 votes cast in his favour, 89 votes cast in favour of 'none of the above' and six abstentions. He served his entire term, but did not stand for re-election in 2012.[8][9][10][11]
| 5 Fights, 4 Wins (0 KOs, 3 CMs) 1 Loss | ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-16 | Win |  Hubert "The Wardrobe" van Melick |
"Beyond The Super-Dome" | Boston Dome, London, England | Check-mate | 9 | ||
| 2010-05-15 | Win |  Nick Cornish |
"Super-Dome 2" | Boston Dome, London, England | Check-mate | 7 | ||
| 2010-03-15 | Loss |  Sergio Leveque |
"Super-Dome" | Boston Dome, London, England | Check-mate | 5 | ||
| 2009-10-09 | Win | Matthew "Crazy Arms" Read |
"Game of Kings" | Bethnal Green, London, England | Time Penalty | 7 | ||
| 2009-08-15 | Win | Stewart Telford |
"An Exhibition of CHESSBOXING" | Bethnal Green, London, England | Check-mate | 9 | ||
| Wins vacant 1st title of GBCBO British Heavyweight championship. | ||||||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes | ||||||||
| 1 Fights, 1 Loss | ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-04-24 | Loss | Matthew "Crazy Arms" Read |
London, England | Time Penalty | 7 | |||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes | ||||||||
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Tim Woolgar is a British chess boxer and event organiser who established Great Britain Chess Boxing Organisation and the London Chessboxing Club, the first United Kingdom chessboxing institution. He is the current president of the World Chessboxing Association. He is a former holder of the title, British Heavyweight Chess Boxing Champion. He also promotes chess boxing events. Woolgar plans to come out of retirement to fight in London in December 2022. Woolgar, otherwise known as "the Hippo" because of his rotund midsection has fought 12 times in Chessboxing with a record of 4-7-1.
Chess boxing, or chessboxing, is a hybrid sport that combines chess and boxing. Two combatants play alternating rounds of blitz chess and boxing until one wins by checkmate or knockout. It is also possible to win by time penalty as in normal chess, and by boxing decision if there is a draw in the chess round. Typically, events are held in a standard boxing ring using standard amateur boxing equipment and rules. The chess round is also played in the ring with the table, board, and seating on a platform being lifted in and out of the ring from the ceiling for each round. The governing bodies of chess boxing are the World Chess Boxing Association and the World Chess Boxing Organisation. Chess boxing was invented by French comic book artist Enki Bilal and adapted by Dutch performance artist Iepe Rubingh as an art performance and has subsequently grown into a competitive sport. Chess boxing is particularly popular in the United Kingdom, India, Finland, France, and Russia.
Terry Marsh (born 7 February 1958) is an English former professional boxer who was an undefeated world champion in the light welterweight division. Marsh was a three-time ABA senior amateur champion who went on to become the British, European and IBF light welterweight world champion as a professional. He was the second European boxer to retire as an undefeated World Champion, after Jack McAuliffe, a feat later equalled by Romanian Michael Loewe, Germany's Sven Ottke, Welshman Joe Calzaghe, and Russian Dmitry Pirog. Marsh was charged with the attempted murder of his former manager, the boxing promoter, Frank Warren following Warren's shooting in London in 1989. Marsh spent 10 months on remand before he was released after being acquitted at trial. Marsh changed his name by deed poll to "None Of The Above X" and stood in the 2010 and 2015 UK general elections as an independent candidate in protest against there being no option to vote for "none of the above".
Lawrence Trent (born 28 April 1986) is an English International Master chess player and commentator. Trent has host-commentated for major FIDE tournaments, including the World Chess Championship Finals for Anand–Carlsen (2013), World Candidates Tournament (2013), World Chess Cup (2013), and the 41st Chess Olympiad. He has also host-commentated for independent super-tournaments, including the London Chess Classic from 2009 to 2014. From June 2015 until December 2016, he was the manager of Fabiano Caruana. He has since returned to commentating at high-level chess tournaments.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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