Remember their sacrifice: stories of unheralded athletes of color

A trailblazer has no regrets: Pumpsie Green

The gold at the end of the race: Alice Coachman

"If Pete Brown ain't coming, I ain't coming": Pete Brown

Time to play by "the rule": Spencer Haywood

Baseball's triple trailblazer: Toni Stone

An American dreamer dives to glory: Dr. Sammy Lee

His best was sure good enough: Burl Toler

The journey of happiness: Billy Mills

Running down the base paths of life: Mamie "Peanut" Johnson

The joy of flying: Archie Williams

Sistas on the links of love: Janet Johnson

The man who risked it all: Curt Flood

Breaking through to awesome: Dr. Tae Yun Kim

Legend of the long jump and the law: Edward Gourdin

The Latin legend who broke the seal: Emilio Navarro

Breaking records across the Pacific: Chi Cheng

From the football field to the battlefield: Eugene Evans and Eli Page Howard

Age is just a number: Irene Obera

Additional unsung heroes: The Renaissance trailblazer: Don Barksdale ; Beyond the finish line: Mal Whitfield ; Three centuries of baseball: Silas Simmons ; Born to run: Willye White ; The godfather of judo: Yoshihiro Uchida ; Prince of the Peloton: Marshall "Major" Taylor ; "Put in the batboy!": Joe Reliford ; A life in the sweet science: Thell Torrence ; The checkered flag: Willy T. Ribbs ; The shot heard around the world: Joe Gaetjens ; Pioneer of the diamond, ace of the ice: Manny McIntyre ; Mentor of the ring and pitch: Julius Menendez ; A winner never quits: Eddie Hart ; With pen and paper, he made his mark: Sam Lacy ; He told it like it was: "Big Sam" Skinner.