How about a fun run in honor of Wilma Rudolph? from one of 22 kids and with polio to world class athelete, and a female. doesnt get much better than that.

I know, Shawn. You're a smarty pants. I'm just yanking your chain!

Just thought I'd throw in that extra stuff for the other readers. I had the same opinion as you as hubby recently came back from Egypt and none of the people in his photos looked "African". I guess there's been a lot of change in the region over the centuries.

Hehe- I know who King Tut is and that Egypt is in N Africa -- I'm a resident war buff and archeology/history nut (Although the jury is still out on whom Tuts actual Pharoah father was)

I always assumed Egyptian was a different ethnicity (ie Nubian and Morrocan (sp?), Congolese, etc were black)

Very interesting using Tut as an example of what can/ could be accomplished

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