The Red Sox rule the majors this season in median game length: 3 hours, 14 minutes. The Cardinals, despite playing 13 straight games in July and August longer than 3 hours, are near the bottom of the list. Here are some charts exploring game lengths in 2013 (through Sunday):
Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) became the first African American woman in the Cabinet when President Jimmy Carter appointed her secretary of housing and urban development in 1977. Born on May 31, 1924, in Mattoon, Illinois, to working class parents, Patricia Roberts Harris exemplified a true American success story. Educated in the Chicago public schools, Harris attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude in 1945.
Patricia Roberts Harris 1924 â 1985. Former U.S. Cabinet secretary, ambassador, attorney. At a Glance â¦ Sources. In the late 1970s Patricia Roberts Harris made history when she became the first black woman ever to serve as a U.S. Cabinet secretary. Under President Jimmy Carter, Harris was named secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1977, and in 1980 became secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW; later renamed Health and Human Services).