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Black History Month 2011: Facts on the Annual Celebration

Today marks the start of Black History Month, when African-American history is celebrated in the classroom, on television and in daily life. One of the running good-natured jokes about Black History Month is that it just so happens to be celebrated in February -- the shortest month of the year. How did February become...

Everybody Hates Chris, But Loves Willie

Hockey and Black History will both get a great boost this fall as Willie O'Ree, the man who broke the NHL's color barrier, will guest star on an episode of "Everybody Hates Chris", the show starring comedian Chris Rock. The segment was to be filmed yesterday, and air during the fall season.From LCS Hockey: Willie O'Ree...

The Forgotten Negro Leagues of Hockey

While the Negro Leagues of Baseball are very well known in public lore, the fact that hockey had a similar league is not. In fact, even someone such as myself, who has read a whole whack of hockey books, websites, and message boards, has never heard of the 'Colored Hockey League' until I saw this video ...The original...

Background on black history

African-American history is the portion of American history that specifically discusses the African American or Black American ethnic group in the United States.

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