Captain Bill
Clip: Season 2 Episode 49 | 8m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Weekly interviews Bill Pinkney, the first African American to sail solo around the world.
Few would have predicted that when Bill Pinkney was growing up on Chicago's South Side, he would one day become the first African American to sail around the world solo. Contributing reporter Mike Cerre sits down with the groundbreaking mariner for his historic induction into the National Sailing Hall of Fame.
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Captain Bill
Clip: Season 2 Episode 49 | 8m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Few would have predicted that when Bill Pinkney was growing up on Chicago's South Side, he would one day become the first African American to sail around the world solo. Contributing reporter Mike Cerre sits down with the groundbreaking mariner for his historic induction into the National Sailing Hall of Fame.
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