The Ivy League Celebrates Black History Month
February 29, 2012
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| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Merriam-Webster
Dictionary defines the word influence as "the
power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible
ways."
The Ivy League's influence on the Black History Month dates all the way back to the origin of the annual celebration of achievements by black Americans as February has become a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The month-long celebration has been traced back and attributed to noted historian Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950). Woodson became the second African-American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, following famed civil rights activist, author and historian W.E.B. Du Bois.
While Woodson did not have a direct impact on the fields or arenas, his influence paved the way for so many African-Americans to have sigificant and lasting impacts on the sports landscape, especially on the collegiate level and particularly in the Ivy League.
In 2012, IvyLeagueSports.com celebrated Black History Month by taking a deeper look into "The Ivy Influence." Through a collection of "Did You Know?" informational pieces, the League highlighted individuals who have had an influence, both directly and indirectly, on the fabric of the conference's storied history of African-American student-athletes, coaches and administrators.
Click on the links below to read more:
| Date | |
| Wednesday, February 1 | Paul Robeson, Columbia (Law School) |
| Thursday, February 2 | Allison Feaster-Strong, Harvard |
| Friday, February 3 | Ivies in the NFL |
| Monday, February 6 | Holding Down the Hardwoods |
| Tuesday, February 7 | Dawn (Chuck) Kane, Brown |
| Wednesday, February 8 | Ivies in Sports Media |
| Thursday, February 9 | Neil deGrasse Tyson, Harvard |
| Friday, February 10 | Patricia Melton, Yale |
| Monday, February 13 | Cornell Connection |
| Tuesday, February 14 | Theresa Moore, Harvard |
| Wednesday, February 15 | Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, Yale |
| Thursday, February 16 | Lucy Diggs Slowe, Columbia (Graduate
School) |
| Friday, February 17 | Deborah Saint Phard, Princeton |
| Monday, February 20 | Anita
DeFranz, Penn (Law School) |
| Tuesday, February 21 | Meredith Rainey Valmon, Harvard |
| Wednesday, February 22 | Kim Selmore, Dartmouth |
| Thursday, February 23 | Tom "Satch" Sanders, Harvard (Coach) |
| Friday, February 24 | Ivies in College Athletics |
| Monday, February 27 | William Henry Lewis, Harvard (Law School) |
| Tuesday, February 28 | Karen Saah, Penn |
| Wednesday, February 29 | Jeomi Maduka, Cornell & Adam Powell, Columbia |