01 Mar 2020
Negra
I was about seven years old the first time someone called me \"black\" on the street. I turned around to see who they were talking to, until I realized they were talking to me.
Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story
Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story is a documentary on the triumphal life story of the first Black player in the National Hockey League. Like Jackie Robinson in professional baseball, O'Ree faced many obstacles to achieving his dream; but unlike Robinson, his achievement would go unnoticed for forty years.
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Willie O'Ree Self
John Bucyk Self
Ferny Flaman Self
Doug Mohns Self
Don McKenney Self
Milt Schmidt Self
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