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How this all-Black swim team is making waves in college sports

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Competitive swimming is often dominated by white athletes, but one school is trying to change that. Since 2016, Howard University has been the only historically Black school with a swim team. Today, only 2 percent of all college swimmers are Black. Swim coach Nicholas Askew joins Stephanie Sy to discuss Howard’s push to create more diversity in the sport.

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