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Luther Lindsay

CTL-P-0828 · Person · 1950s–1960s

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Combined Graph record U-02650 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0828. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Regarded as the first Black wrestler to challenge for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

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Regarded as the first Black wrestler to challenge for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

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Held the World Negro Heavyweight Championship, the segregated-era title documented among the Black pioneers — per Pro Wrestling Stories' pioneers feature (fetched in full 2026-10-17). His stored claim to be the first Black wrestler to challenge for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship is not covered by this stamp

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Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
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Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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