Black History Month: Making hockey accessible to everyone

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NBCS Chicago is celebrating Black History Month with special episodes to discuss the impact of the black athlete in sports. Chicago Sun Times feature story writer Evan F. Moore sits down with former Blackhawk and analyst for NBCS Chicago Jamal Mayers to discuss being a black athlete in hockey and what he's doing to help grow hockey in non traditional hockey communities. (3:00) - Why was it important for Jamal to write about his life in his book (10:58) - Ray Emery's impact on hockey (16:00) - Describes what the NHL and the Blackhawks are doing to grow the game (21:37) - The Devante Smith-Pelly incident at the United Center (36:10) - Reasons that hockey hasn't addressed social issues (40:06) - Addressing ignorance in hockey

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