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Wow, this is cool, he got his third norm at age 15 just now. He will likely be a contender for the US championship within a few years.

If you were wondering, the article explains that the first African-American grandmaster is Maurice Ashley, who got the title in 1999. Ashley grew up in New York but was born in Jamaica.