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Did a team of all-Black, all-female chess champions get snubbed by mainstream media?

By Christiana Dillard
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The middle-school-aged team, which competed in 2016, was recognized by both local and national media outlets.

A social media post circulating in 2021 carries a photo of the young chess champions but with no date the reader is left to assume it's a recent situation. It isn't.

The team competed at the 13th annual Knights Chess Foundation All-Girls National Championship, which included more than 440 players in 2016. Their win was noted in 2016 not only by local press such as The Detroit News but also by national outlets such as HuffPost and Essence.

Commenters on the 2021 post even pointed out media coverage about the team and that the photo is not recent, with one user saying to the person posting: "... bad job for sharing wrong info which has been shared a lot since 2016. Please always check before sharing cause sharing is not always caring."

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HuffPost Detroit All-Girls Team Wins Top Prize At Prestigious Chess Tournament
Detroit News Detroit youths place 1st in national chess championship
Essence #BlackGirlMagic: Detroit Girls Chess Team Wins First Place At National Championships
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