The Wonders of Michigan State’s expanded worlds under President John Hannah’s leadership

PHOTO: Wonders Hall opened in 1963 as John Hannah's example of a progressive campus before the 1964 and 1965 Civil Rights Acts were signed. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Gene Washington escaped the segregated South 60 years ago, boarding Michigan State’s Underground Railroad from La Porte, Texas. His life-altering journey as a freshman football recruit for preseason practice was prior to September classes. The time frame, coincidentally, matched 250,000 Americans traveling to the nation’s capital…

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Little Rock Nine’s Ernest Green: Jerry Jones received a pass; Dallas owner also passed on Sherman Lewis

PHOTO: The photo of Jerry Jones taken in 1957as he stood among a mob of White supremacists at North Little Rock High. The photo accompanied a story published in the Washington Post by David Maraniss and Sally Jenkins. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN NBA megastar LeBron James speaks up on social issues from his sports throne. King James’ fame commands attention. Civil Rights advocate Ernest Green speaks from a crucible of America’s tumultuous desegregation years,…

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