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2. Celebrate Black History Month with Your Kids—and These ...

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   In 1926, Black historian Carter G. Woodson set out to designate a week in February for the celebration, education, and commemoration of African American history. A child born that year would be 98 ...

3. Black players in professional American football - Wikipedia

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   Details of the history of black players in professional American football depend on the professional football league considered, which includes the National Football League (NFL); the American Football League (AFL), a rival league from 1960 through 1969 which eventually merged with the NFL; and the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which existed from 1946 to 1949.

4. Jerry Crafts - Wikipedia

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   Jerry Wayne Crafts (born January 6, 1968) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles. He also played in the World League of American Football, XFL, Canadian Football League and Arena Football League. He is the only person to have been involved with teams that ...

5. Leonard George (student athlete) - Wikipedia

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   Leonard George was the first African-American player to receive a football scholarship at the University of Florida. [1] [2] He was signed in 1968, ten years after the school was integrated in 1958. [2] George went to Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida. He signed an athletic scholarship on December 17, 1968. He was a halfback.

6. 30 Black Americans To Celebrate During Black History Month ...

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   Over the course of his career, he coached four different teams and founded a Chicago football team of all African American players. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005. 23.

7. Black History Month: 19 black athletes who made history - AOL

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   While most of these athletes and personalities changed the world many decades ago, there are still several black athletes who are achieving firsts in their sports today. Below, learn more about 19 ...

8. Black College Football Hall of Fame - Wikipedia

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   The Black College Football Hall of Fame (BCFHOF) [1] is an American hall of fame for college football players, coaches and contributors from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). It was founded in 2009 in Atlanta , centrally located to many of the country's black universities. [ 2 ]

9. List of African-American sports firsts - Wikipedia

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   First African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era: Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Dodgers). [24] (See also: Moses Fleetwood Walker, 1884) First African-American Major League Baseball player in the American League: Larry Doby (Cleveland Indians). First African American consensus college All-American basketball player: Don ...