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  • Collection: UGA Football Integration, 1971-1980

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Headline of the Sports section of the Athens Banner-Herald newspaper announcing the signing of Richard Appleby, Horace King, and the tryout of Clarence Pope.

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A promotional brochure featuring the Atlanta Falcons roster and information on getting to the Atlanta Fulton-County Stadium. 1966 was the inaugural year for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.

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Black convict laborers building Sanford Stadium. The use of leased convict labor in Georgia was widespread for many construction projects during the first half of the 20th century.

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Herschel Walker was the Georgia Bulldogs' first Black All-American (1980, 1981, and 1982) and the first Black Heisman Trophy winner from an SEC school (1982).

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Recording of James Brown's single 'Dooley's Junkyard Dogs'. Signed by Vince Dooley.

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Calvin Jones was hired by men's basketball coach John Guthrie to be an assistant coach for the 1975-76 season, making him the first Black assistant coach at Georgia. Jones, a highly successful high school coach at Atlanta's Carver High, also worked…

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Pandora Yearbook photo of the 1972-73 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team

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Detail of a team photograph of the 1967 Georgia freshman football team showing James Hurley.

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An article from the Red & Black, the University of Georgia's student newspaper, on the signing of John King to a football scholarship.

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The Red & Black celebrates Harvard's 0-6 lss to Yale because of the particpation of William H. Lewis, one of the very first Black football players. Lewis was the first Black player named an All-American and would go on to a distinguised career as a…
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