Read more about the article WRITTEN OUT OF HISTORY, Part I: Durham hotel housing Michigan State in 1964 defied Jim Crow

WRITTEN OUT OF HISTORY, Part I: Durham hotel housing Michigan State in 1964 defied Jim Crow

PHOTO: New research identified the Durham Holiday Inn West as the hotel that defied Jim Crow by housing Michigan State's football team for its 1964 game at segregated North Carolina. The moment is worthy of a historical marker, but the hotel built in 1963 no longer exists. The above photo is a typical 1960s Holiday Inn sign. *** Buy me a coffee to support my research to tell untold college football integration untold stories. Thomas Shanahan | @Thomas-Shanahan-23…

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Read more about the article More Michigan State and Duffy football history for young Spartans

More Michigan State and Duffy football history for young Spartans

By TOM SHANAHAN My latest children’s book included help from Lia Kamana, a fellow Michigan State graduate of the College of Communications Arts and Sciences. She’s also a legacy Hawaiian Pipeline Spartan as the daughter of Carter Kamana, a Michigan State defensive back from Honolulu Kamehameha. Lia, a TV journalist in Portland, Oregon, made sure any Hawaiian phrases or geography was properly spelled out without translation errors. This is another effort to lay down a track of College…

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Read more about the article The first time I met Michigan State trailblazer Sherman Lewis and what I learned with time

The first time I met Michigan State trailblazer Sherman Lewis and what I learned with time

PHOTO: A young Sherman Lewis joined Duffy Daugherty's coaching staff in 1969 as one of college football's early Black assistants. Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report — Click here for book review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s and here for a purchase link to RAYE OF LIGHT, Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the Integration of College Football and the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans. — Watch a three-minute video to learn about our…

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