09-15-2022, 09:43 AM
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Hank Thomas
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 3,013
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Originally Posted by Jewish-collector
On March 19, 1966, Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso) started -- for the first time in NCAA basketball championship history -- five black players against an all-white Kentucky team at Cole Field house in College Park, Maryland. In a game that has come to represent a breakthrough for blacks in college sports, the Miners of Texas Western defeated the Wildcats for the championship. A movie, "Glory Road," based on the 1966 team, was released nationwide on January 2006. Ticket stub below:
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Great historical ticket, Alan.
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