CHICAGO (CBS) -- Bill Pinkney was a sailor and a Chicagoan whose trip around the world made history, and inspired many, 31 years ago. We learned Capt. Pinkney died Thursday. He was 87. In 1992 ...

“When you’re watching that game, those are student-athletes on the field,” Ferris State University President Bill Pink said. “They’re majoring in marketing, construction ...

(JTA) — Captain Bill Pinkney, a Jewish sailor who became the first African American to sail around the world solo, died Thursday. He was 87 and had suffered a fall. The former cosmetics ...

By Penelope Green Bill Pinkney, the first Black sailor to circumnavigate the globe alone by the arduous southern route — rounding the five great capes of the earth’s southernmost points of ...

Captain Bill Pinkney, the second African ... The Boston Maritime Academy, Southern Connecticut State University, and Becker College awarded Pinkney honorary degrees. As a former cosmetics ...

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Bill Pinkney got his first taste of floating on water as a boy riding a sightseeing boat on the Chicago River. Years later he served in the Navy, though he spent most of his enlistment as an X-ray ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Family and friends are mourning the loss of Chicagoan Captain William Pinkney, affectionately known as "Captain Bill," on Thursday evening. Pinkney passed away on Thursday morning ...