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NFL 360 uses historic train to tell Jimmy Raye’s Underground Railroad journey on NFL Network

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:February 2, 2023
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PHOTO: Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report Click here for a 30-second trailer on the documentary. By TOM SHANAHAN CANDOR, N.C. – Jimmy Raye’s pioneering story began with Michigan State’s Underground Railroad, departing segregated Fayetteville, N.C., in 1964. His journey crossed the Mason Dixon Line. It carried him on to ground-breaking playing and coaching careers in college and the NFL. Seven decades later, telling his story includes historic restored train cars found in a small…

Duffy’s historical commitments to the Great Football Northward Migration

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:July 10, 2021
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Michigan State College Football Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty's 1960s teams led college football integration. Sportswriters of the time and later historians referred to the ground-breaking teams as the Underground Railroad, a metaphoric nod to bravery of Harriett Tubman's safe passages and safehouses for escaped slaves. The players traveled a path that escaped segregation in the Jim Crow South for opportunity. ---------------- ---- -----

Milestones, Championships, Hall-of-Famers, the 1966 Game of the Century and the 1967 NFL draft

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:June 1, 2021
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GRAPHIC (6th Block Creative): Quarterback Jimmy Raye (16), head coach Duffy Daugherty and co-captain Clinton Jones (26). Research for these lists date to 2012 and writing "Raye of Light: Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans and the integration of college football," August Publications. Foreword by Tony Dungy. Visit my home page, TomShanahan.Report https://twitter.com/Shanny4055/status/1524877458822029323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1524877458822029323%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftomshanahan.report%2F2022%2F05%2Ftwo-michigan-state-womens-golf-team-members-share-their-summer-reading-list%2F By TOM SHANAHAN Duffy Daugherty's Michigan State ground-breaking 1960s teams with a Great Northward Football Migration featured giants of the game recruited…