Black Achievers In American History
The Master's Word Newsletter
Ralph H. Metcalfe was born in 1910 in Atlanta, Georgia. As a child, he moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois, where he grew up and attended Tilden Technical High School. Ralph was a gifted runner; he worked hard at both his studies and his running and before he graduated in 1930, he became a national interscholastic champion in sprinting…