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Willie O’Ree Never Stops
by Alanah McGinley on 01/12/08 at 01:20 PM ET
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From NPR,
Fifty years ago this month, black athlete Willie O’Ree took to the ice for the Boston Bruins. It was a decade after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier. O’Ree also skated with a secret that would have barred him from playing professional hockey. He could only see through one eye.
Go here to listen to a short audio interview O’Ree gave NPR. Good stuff.
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