'Business decision': Growing hockey requires embracing diverse communities
Internal NHL demographic data shows what a lot of people anecdotally know: the NHL is very white. On the ice, more than 90% ...
Before the NHL, an all-Black hockey league helped to innovate the modern game
A commemorative game will be played Monday in Ottawa honoring the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes' inaugural year of 1895.
How Willie O'Ree blazed a trail for Black NHL players
Note: This story was published in October 2020 and is being republished with minor updates for Black History Month.Willie ...
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25 Canadian books to read during Black History Month 2025 and beyond
(Tin House Books, N. Affonso) Childhood friends Gertie ... She was a finalist for the NHL's Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award in 2021. Her work has been featured in Black Nerd Problems, Spectrum ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins Black Hockey History game celebrates P.O Joseph, Willie O'Ree
The Pittsburgh Penguins honored the legacy of the organization’s Black players and veteran Black hockey player Willie O’Ree with a portrait by Pittsburgh visual artist Ashanté Josey after the ...
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African Heritage Month
The commemoration of African Heritage Month can be traced back to 1926 when Harvard-educated Black historian, Carter G. Woodson, founded Negro History Week to recognize the achievements of African ...
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Willie O'Ree Movies
The Academy Award-nominated actor is under fire for a series of tweets that resurfaced Thursday, expressing her views on topics such as race and religion. Read our review of The Brutalist, which ...