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NEW INTEREST: Although blacks make up only...

By John Needham, Helene Elliott and Zan Dubin
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NEW INTEREST: Although blacks make up only 1.8% of Orange County’s 2.4 million population, the Historical and Cultural Foundation of Orange County expects big demand by schools, libraries and other groups for information during Black History Month. (B1). . . . President Nancy King says the foundation’s traveling displays have “a variety of things representing traditional African and Afro-American culture over the years, ranging from postage stamps honoring blacks to dolls, handwoven baskets and art.”

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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