Apr. 9—FORT SCOTT, Kan. — Native American runner and Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills will make a trip this week to Fort Scott in a visit sponsored by the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes.
In 1964, America was still reeling from the previous November’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as the country’s youth were mesmerized by “Beatlemania.” Yet something positive of an ...
What Billy Mills learned in his 44 years since stepping down from the podium in Tokyo's National Stadium of the 1964 Olympics is summed up in a word: perception. The Olympic gold medal champion spoke ...
Lawrence Police Department vehicles are shown parked outside of Billy Mills Middle School on Oct. 9, 2025. Billy Mills Middle School students were evacuated to a nearby football field Thursday after a ...
LARRY MAYER/Gazette staff Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills, second from right, talks with members of the state champion Plenty Coups High School cross country team, from left, Matthew Flat Lip, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In conjunction with the museum's exhibition Best in the World: Native Athletes in the Olympics, Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota) shares his experience ...
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