We are not aware how other athletic conferences are celebrating Black History Month in February, but we are aware of the Big Ten Conference per a press release dated February 1, 2010.
One of the distinguished group of athletes spotlighted will be Wisconsin's Robin Threatt-Elliott, who was a local product of Cedar Rapids.
The Black History Month website also features stories on the conference's first African-American student-athlete--Moses "Fleetwood" Walker--and arguably the most famous track and field athlete of all-time in Jesse Owens. The website also includes archived stories on student-athletes previously recognized on the Big Ten's Black History Month website. In addition, the site features information on the Big Ten's contributions through the Advisory Commission, the SCORE (Success Comes Out of Reading Everyday) program and the C.D. Henry internship.
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