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Vinx
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Vincent D'jon Perette, known as Vinx, is musician and former athlete. Vinx attended Kansas State University on a track scholarship. In 1977, hate nearly took away Vinx’s athletic career and his life when racists burned down his house, along with the home of another black family living in his Kansas City suburb. Vinx was severely burnt by the fire. He overcame his injuries and three years later made the world’s second longest leap in the triple jump. This qualified Vinx for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. When President Jimmy Carter called for an Olympic boycott that year, Vinx’s athl… read more
Vincent D'jon Perette, known as Vinx, is musician and former athlete. Vinx attended Kansas State University on a track scholarship. In 1977, hate nearly took away Vinx’s athletic caree… read more
Vincent D'jon Perette, known as Vinx, is musician and former athlete. Vinx attended Kansas State University on a track scholarship. In 1977, hate nearly took away Vinx’s athletic career and his life when racists burned down his ho… read more
