Today's Melanated Hero is Mr.Charlie Wiggins a.k.a "The Negro Speed King". Mr. Wiggins was born in 1897 in Evansville Indiana and was the oldest of his parents three sons. Mr. Wiggins was an entrepreneur,at the age of 9yrs old he had a shoe shine business. He made almost a dollar a day,a lot of money at the time.
However Mr.Wiggins real passion was cars. He would go around to different garages watching the mechanics work. He was a quick learner so by 17yrs old he was working on cars as a mechanic as well. It is said that Mr. Wiggins could listen to a car and know exactly what was wrong with it.
As he got older his desire was to race cars. His dream would've been the Indy 500,however because of racial prejudice that would never become a reality. Mr. Wiggins was not the only Melanated race car driver that had a desire to race on a higher scale. With their desire came action and with the help of Mr. William Rucker the(CSA) Colored Speedway Association was born.
Mr. Wiggins went on to win many races, unfortunately a racing accident claimed his right leg. After he recuperated he decided to train and coach other young men who had a need for speed.
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