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Did You Know That Serena And Venus Williams Were The First African-American Women To Buy Shares Of An NFL Team?

BY IYANDA   •   July 19, 2015   •   1 MIN READ

Did you know that Venus and Serena Williams were the first black women to buy shares of an NFL team? In 2009, the two sisters became the first African-American women to buy shares of an NFL team when they joined the ownership group of the Miami Dolphins.