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Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at Michigan State University, 1965

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Post published:February 11, 2021
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With permission from Michigan State Click to listen to a portion of MLK's speech on Feb. 11, 1965, before 4,000 people filling the MSU Auditorium. King said, "Time is neutral and the time is always right to do right." This was the difference between Duffy Daugherty's 1960s teams that led college football integration. He didn't wait for the right time to recruit college football's first fully integrated rosters. This was unlike other coaches, most notably Alabama's Bear Bryant,…

Underground Railroad and End Game video archives

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Post published:February 1, 2021
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GRAPHIC: 6th Block Creative Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the MSU Auditorium on Feb. 11, 1965. He often spoke of "Time is neutral." It is taken from his 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail," his response to white preachers asking for patience and to end Civil Rights protests. --- Tony Dungy narrating video Jimmy Raye's Michigan State Hall of Fame induction. --- Duffy's Giants, highlights from the 1965 and 1966 seasons. MLK's Michigan State appearance was between accepting…

MLK helped Jerry LeVias and Hayden Fry change the Southwest Conference

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Post published:May 6, 2020
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By TOM SHANAHAN Martin Luther King Jr. initially hesitated to accept an invitation to speak at Southern Methodist University in 1966, a time and place where resistance to integration persisted. The Civil Rights icon explained to an SMU student senate leader that the Dallas school had rescinded an invitation a couple years earlier. Bert Moore, who won election as student senate vice-president despite opposition campaign posters labeling him an “integrationist,” appealed to SMU president Willis Tate. Tate assured…