Hot black oxide can be done from generic mixtures of caustic soda, sodium nitrite / nitrate, wetting agents and stabilizers or from proprietary mixes. The result of the process is an attractive but very thin and marginally corrosion-resistant, dark black iron oxide finish.
Negro History Week (1926). The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be Negro History Week..
Black History Month: Ernie Wheelwright Celebrating Those That Made Us Great Feb. 1, 2016 In honor of Black History Month, Gopher Athletics is celebrating those who made us great. Throughout February, GopherSports.com will share short interviews with African-American alumni from almost every Gopher program.