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Article "Blacks Offer Much To Spider Athletics"
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Article "Blacks Offer Much To Spider Athletics"
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Description
The article "Blacks Offer Much To Spider Athletics" describes the athletic accomplishments of the black student athletes. The article mentions Weldon Edwards, the first black football player, and Norman Williams and Jerome Napier, who were on the track team, and Aaron Stewart and Carlton Mack on the basketball team. The athletes said that they were treated well for the most part however, there was no real social life for them.
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Source
Wilberger, Jack. "Blacks Offer Much To Spider Athletics" The University of Richmond Collegian IX, no.15, (January 18, 1973): 5. http://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19730118.2.24&e=--1920---1989--en-20--41--txt-txIN-------
Publisher
The Collegian, University of Richmond
Date
1973-01-18
Format
Language
English
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Identifier
CollegianIX.15.5-19730118.jpg
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
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Student Contributor
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Citation
Wilberger, Jack, “Article "Blacks Offer Much To Spider Athletics",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed March 19, 2025, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/1672.