Record #:

11627

Author(s):

White, Herbert L.

Abstract:

On December 27, 1892, in a remote pasture near Salisbury, in the cold and snow, Johnson C. Smith University (then Biddle Memorial Institute) and Livingstone College played the first football game between historically black colleges. This game laid the groundwork for black college football. Today, nine historically African American schools in North Carolina have football programs.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 5, Oct 2009, p62-64, 66-67, il, por

Subject(s):

Football--History; African American universities and colleges; African American football players