Who is the First Black Person To Ever Play chess?

Well Hello! How are you guys on this Fine evening/morning . Today I'm going to be talking about the First black person to EVER play chess . Now ACCORDING to Google (And my Grandmother) the First person to ever play chess was Maurice Ashley   . Maurice Ashley was born on March 6 in 1966 and is At the age of 55 years old .  He became The first ever jamaican chess grandmaster , author and commentator. In 1999 he earned  the Grandmaster title  (GM)  making him the FIRST black person to attain the  title . 

Ashley  is very well known  as a commentator  for a high-profile chess events . He also Spent Many Many years teaching chess  . On April 13th 2016  , Ashley was inducted to the US Chess Hall of fame . He  went into Brooklyn Technical  High School  , Ashley  graduated from  City College New York  with  a  B.A  in Creative Writing  , while at city college , he represented the school in intercollegiate   competition . 

Maurice  clearly stated that he learned chess  in Jamaica where his brother played chess with  his friends . He Continued to get more serious  in chess during high school  where he grew up  in brownsville brooklyn and played in parks  and clubs throughout  New York City. 

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