Read more about the article Michigan State honoring Duffy Daugherty and his 1960s teams has Gene Smith as a unique supporter

Michigan State honoring Duffy Daugherty and his 1960s teams has Gene Smith as a unique supporter

PHOTO: Michigan State's Duffy Daugherty with his five two-time All-American players from the 1965-66 national title teams (L-R): Clinton Jones, Bob Apisa, Bubba Smith, Gene Washington and George Webster. Tom Shanahan is an author and college football integration historian honored by the FWAA for his story on the 1962 Rose Bowl. *** Michigan State’s plans for a statue honoring Duffy Daugherty and his 1960s teams that led college football integration are still on the drawing board, but Ohio…

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Read more about the article Jimmy Raye and other Spartans take legal action against film

Jimmy Raye and other Spartans take legal action against film

Visiti my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN To my faithful readers: First, let me thank you for past support of “Raye of Light.” As my Twitter account reads, "Raye of Light was the first book to tell the untold stories of Duffy Daugherty's Underground Railroad. Original research explains Daugherty's 1960s teams were the first fully integrated college football rosters and led college football integration. My collaboration with Jimmy Raye, a member of that original Underground Railroad, and…

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PBS and Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

PBS has been airing Maya Washington's film "Through the Banks of the Red Cedar" during Black History Month. Click here to view PBS trailers The PBS release corresponds with the recent release of Maya Washington's book, "Through the Banks of the Red Cedar, My Father and the Team that Changed the Game." Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty's teams led the college football integration by combing the Spartans Midwest-based rosters with talent in the 1960s from the segregated South.…

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