These athletes experience these challenges every time they compete – even with the help of a guide, it’s an amazing accomplishment.
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Vancouver Winter Olympics
In Celebration of Canadian Paralympians 2010 Games Whistler Vancouver
on April 18th, 2010
The Black History on Salt Spring Island
on January 7th, 2010
Evelyn C. White The Afro News Salt Spring Island With the blockbuster success of his book Roots (1976) and the subsequent television miniseries, author Alex Haley tapped into a deep longing among the descendants of enslaved blacks to claim ties with our African forebears. It was my understanding of this history that prompted me to [...]
Black Olympians in Vancouver
They didn’t win because they are black. They won like any top athlete, by honing natural talent through years of intense training and competition but their racial origin is almost always mentioned in media reports.