Gilman W. Whiting

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  • Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, Director of the Scholar Identity Institute, Vanderbilt University
Willie O'Ree, the first black NHL player, debuted for the Boston Bruins in 1958. The Root

Only the puck was black: a story of race and the NHL

Gilman W. Whiting, Vanderbilt University

Last week’s release of Black Ice – the memoir of Val James, the first African American to play in the NHL – brought me back to when I was a teenager living in Boston. It was the winter of 1978 – the year…

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