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School Desegregation Set Back Black College Football
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
17 Dec 2019
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Black colleges once out-performed white schools in producing better football players – until desegregation happened, said Derrick White, professor of history at the University of Kentucky and author of “Blood, Sweat and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football.” School desegregation “disrupted the recruiting network that had fueled Black college football,” said White, whose book explores the “community impact as well as cultural and political impact” of desegregation.

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