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Texas Western celebrating historic title 50 years later

Texas Western celebrating historic title 50 years later

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — David Lattin says something happens every day to remind him of Texas Western's historic NCAA championship in 1966, when the Miners won with the first all-black starting lineup in a title game against all-white Kentucky. The center from that team and eight of his teammates have gathered in El Paso for a weekend celebration of the 50th anniversary of a game that is largely credited for ending segregation in athletics at universities in the South. "Somebody mentions it or somebody calls and tells me 'Glory Road' is on or something just comes to me," the 72-year-old Lattin said Thursday, referring to the movie that was released 10 years ago.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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