Billy Bean while Linda was pregnant, but separated when Billy was six months old. Linda married Ed Kovac, a police officer, and they had five children together. Bean attended Santa Ana High School, and won a state championship with the school's baseball team. He enrolled at Loyola Marymount University on an athletic scholarship to play college baseball for the Loyola Marymount Lions. After his junior year, the New York Yankees selected Bean in the 24th round of the 1985 MLB Draft. Though the Yankees offered Bean a $55,000 signing bonus, Bean followed through with his promise to return to Loyola Marymount for
T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh Step-by-Step Instructions on Taking Care of your Natural Hair", an instructional hair care manual with anecdotes about her experiences with Afro-textured hair. She also contributed essays for "The HBCU Experience Book," "Dining with the Ancestors," and "The Burden." Associated Black Charities operates a donor-advised Keymah Cultural Fund, which provides tickets to youth groups to attend theatrical performances and funds artistic groups that serve or comprise teens and children. There is a theater scholarship named for Keymáh at her alma mater, Florida A&M University. There is a medical scholarship named for her at Meharry Medical College. T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh served as