Temple University Athletics
Aaron McKie: What Black History Month Means to Me
2.16.18 | General, Men's Basketball
This is the part of a series of first-person accounts from Temple Athletics coaches and administrators on what Black History Month means to them
Black History Month has a special meaning to me. It is about Bill Ellerbee, John Chaney, John Hardnett and all of the individuals who impacted my life, and not just my life, but the lives of so many of kids in the inner-city and the community. They paved the way for us to have better lives and to be able to go to school and become educated.
We obviously know the "knowns" – Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall and all of the other people that we celebrate that paid a heavy price in our society to better a lot of not just African American lives but individual lives that do not have a voice.
I am very thankful for what those that came before me did to impact my life and so many other lives. It is up to us to continue that tradition.
Aaron McKie is in his fourth season as an assistant coach with the Temple men's basketball team. A prolific player under Hall of Fame coach John Chaney (1991-94), the Temple alum played 13 seasons in the NBA, eight with the Philadelphia 76ers, and was also an assistant coach with the 76ers for six seasons.
Black History Month has a special meaning to me. It is about Bill Ellerbee, John Chaney, John Hardnett and all of the individuals who impacted my life, and not just my life, but the lives of so many of kids in the inner-city and the community. They paved the way for us to have better lives and to be able to go to school and become educated.
We obviously know the "knowns" – Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall and all of the other people that we celebrate that paid a heavy price in our society to better a lot of not just African American lives but individual lives that do not have a voice.
I am very thankful for what those that came before me did to impact my life and so many other lives. It is up to us to continue that tradition.
Aaron McKie is in his fourth season as an assistant coach with the Temple men's basketball team. A prolific player under Hall of Fame coach John Chaney (1991-94), the Temple alum played 13 seasons in the NBA, eight with the Philadelphia 76ers, and was also an assistant coach with the 76ers for six seasons.
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