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reaching_back_071_mac.jpg Savannah Gable, n10 (left) and Desiree Gamble, 8 run through track drills for coach William Reliford Jr. Hoover Hawks Track Club, coached by 21 year old, William Reliford. 100 Black Men volunteers and students participating in their athletic/health program at Oakland's Hoover Elementary School Mark Alexander is a successful research scientist with Kaiser, a member of the black middle class that achieved record levels of higher education, business and home ownership following the 1960s Civil Rights movement. But this year he and other professionals belonging to the local chapter of 100 Black men spent hours teaching physical fitness at financially strapped Oakland elementary schools that cut back on exercise programs. Oakland, Ca. 08/30/06 Photo by: Michael Macor/ San Francisco Chronicle Ran on: 09-27-2006 William Reliford Jr., 21, a volunteer coach at Hoover Elementary, leads a cheer at track practice. Ran on: 09-27-2006 William Reliford Jr., 21, a volunteer coach at Hoover Elementary in Oakland, leads a cheer at track practice. Below, Desiree Gamble, 8, warms up with other members of the Hoover Hawk Track Club. (Photo By Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)