While Erika Evans may not have gotten her grandpa’s speed on the track, she certainly inherited his winning ways and a passion to fight for what is right.
Erika, Seattle’s first Black city attorney, won the race for the office in November. It came 57 years after her grandfather, Lee Evans, made history of his own in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
He broke a world record when he took gold in the 400-meter race, but what happened after has been immortalized in the history books, not just the record books…