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. HIS STORY IS A LIFE LESSON FOR TODAY'S COVID-19 IMPACTED ATHLETES. HE ADAPTED TO HISTORY'S TWISTS AND TURNS, LIVING THROUGH THE OLE MISS RIOT OF 1962, ESCAPING SEGRAGATION ABOARD MICHIGAN STATE COACH DUFFY DAUGHERTY'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, SERVING AS A YOUNG LIEUTENANT IN VIETNAM AND RETIRING FROM A SECOND CAREER AS A…

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Read more about the article 44 facts supporting Duffy, his Spartans and southern Black coaches that laid the tracks — don’t believe Bear Bryant myths

44 facts supporting Duffy, his Spartans and southern Black coaches that laid the tracks — don’t believe Bear Bryant myths

--- "History writes people out of the story. It's our job to write them back in." -- David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize winner and biographer By TOM SHANAHAN Here are 44 facts – one for every Underground Railroad passenger Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty recruited from the segregated South between 1959 and 1972. The research is from “Raye of Light,” my book with Jimmy Raye. It revealed previously unreported and unknown information on the depth and impact of Daugherty’s…

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