Claim: Sam Lacy, a sports journalist and first black member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, broke his first big story by reporting on the true racial origins of athlete Wilmeth Sidat-Singh.
Evidence: Samuel Harold "Sam" Lacy (October 23, 1903 – May 8, 2003) was an African-American and Native American sportswriter, reporter, columnist, editor, and television/radio commentator who worked in the sports journalism field for parts of nine decades. In 1948, Lacy became the first black member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. In October 1937, Lacy broke his first major story when he reported the true racial origins of multi-sport athlete Wilmeth Sidat-Singh.