Bill Pinkney (sailor) - Wikipedia
William Deltoris Pinkney III (September 15, 1935 – August 31, 2023) was an American sailor and executive. In 1992, he became the first African American to sail around the world solo via the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn. [1][2][3]
Remembering Captain Bill Pinkney, First Black Man to ... - Old …
Sep 1, 2023 · Captain Pinkney was the first Black man to sail solo around the world via the 5 Great Capes. Captain Pinkney was in Atlanta, GA serving as an advisor for an upcoming documentary. He passed away on Thursday morning from injuries he suffered after falling down a flight of stairs a few days ago.
Jewish sailor Bill Pinkney, first Black person to circle the globe solo ...
Sep 5, 2023 · (JTA) — Captain Bill Pinkney, a Jewish sailor who became the first African American to sail around the world solo, died Thursday. He was 87 and had suffered a fall.
Bill Pinkney, first African American to sail around the ... - CBS News
Sep 1, 2023 · In 1992, Pinkney was alone at sea - and his journey fascinated thousands of children who followed his every nautical mile. Pinkney, from Chicago's South Side, became the first African American...
Black History Month: Paul Cuffe — African-American Captain, …
Paul Cuffe went to sea at 16 on whalers and merchant ships, where he learned navigation. During the American Revolution, his ship was captured by the British and Cuffe was imprisoned for three months in 1776 in New York.
The contribution of Black seafarers to British maritime history – in ...
Aug 30, 2018 · A very sad case was that of a Black British seamen, 25 year old Norfolk-born Barlow Fielding, who was thought to be petty-officer material, possibly at least a boatswain, by his captain, John Colpoys of HMS Orpheus.
Who Led the First Back-to-Africa Effort? - PBS
Paul Cuffee, a sea captain and an entrepreneur who was perhaps the wealthiest black American of his time, led the first Back-to-Africa effort in the early 1800s.
African-Americans in the U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. Maritime …
In 1942, against overwhelming odds, Captain Hugh Mulzac became the first African-American merchant marine naval officer to command an integrated crew during World War II.
Black History Month: Paul Cuffee -- African-American Captain, …
Feb 11, 2021 · Paul Cuffee went to sea at 16 on whalers and merchant ships, where he learned navigation. During the American Revolution, his ship was captured by the British and Cuffee was imprisoned for three months in 1776 in New York.
The First African-American Shipmaster | MARAD - Transportation
Oct 25, 2018 · Joseph B. Williams, the first African-American graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, sailed as a cadet-in-training aboard the Liberty ship Booker T. Washington. He remembered Capt. Hugh Mulzac as a “demanding taskmaster,” but who taught him “how to be a qualified officer.”
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