Jackie Robinson was called up in ’47. And Mike Grier becomes the first NHL GM at age 47. Jackie Robinson also wore #42, and today’s ritual comes 181-days after Grier’s birthday (181, 42nd prime).
Black History = 181
San Jose Sharks = 42
*Jackie = 42
Slavery = 42
–Slave = 59
–Negro = 59
–Rasta = 59
–Blues = 59
–Mike Grier = 59

He is from Detroit, on the 42nd Parallel North, where Motown came out in ’59.
February = 42 (Ends on the 59th day)
-Black History Month

And don’t forget Obama became President at age 47.
Barack Obama = 181
Black History = 181
-181 days from his 8/4 birthday to 2/1 of the following year (start of Black History Month)

Obama’s secret service name Renegade equates to 59.
Renegade = 59

Today would be Jackie’s 156th day of his age.
Michael James Grier = 156

And for one last point, today is Pope Francis’s 201st day of his age. We know this number has been omnipresent in race relations throughout history.
The Jesuit Order = 201
Jorge Mario Bergoglio = 201
–Francis = 34 / 47
–NHL = 34 / 47