Read more about the article Eric Marshall’s Civil Rights journey from Mississippi to Michigan State to Vietnam and to San Francisco

Eric Marshall’s Civil Rights journey from Mississippi to Michigan State to Vietnam and to San Francisco

PHOTO: A mob of 3,000 White supremacists, students and outsiders, sparked the deadly Ole Miss Riot of 1962. The pivotal Civil Rights moment influenced Eric Marshall's future. Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report Click here for review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s. Watch this video about our documentary in development: Game Changers of the Century. Game Changers Sizzle 2025 on Vimeo Documentary development investment opportunities Game Changers of the…

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Read more about the article The case for Duffy Daugherty’s statue on Michigan State’s campus

The case for Duffy Daugherty’s statue on Michigan State’s campus

By TOM SHANAHAN A uniquely American sport celebrates its sesquicentennial in the 2019 season. After Rutgers beat Princeton 6-4 on Nov. 6, 1869, college football grew the next 150 years coast to coast and beyond -- halfway across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. The game learned to adapt to the times, albeit sometimes slowly, but no transformation has been more profound than the racial barriers Michigan State Coach Duffy Daugherty’s Underground Railroad teams of the 1960s broke down.…

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Read more about the article Donnie Shell and other Steelers marked end of an era for HBCU football

Donnie Shell and other Steelers marked end of an era for HBCU football

PHOTO: Donnie Shell By TOM SHANAHAN Donnie Shell joined the Black College Football Hall of Fame with the Class of 2015 last week in Atlanta, but the South Carolina State alum already occupied a place in college football history. And his history is more than his four Super Bowl rings playing with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Shell, who played at South Carolina State in the earlly 1970s, and fellow NFL players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities marked the…

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