Description Black College Football began during the nadir of African American life after the Civil War.
They mentored young men who became teachers, preachers, lawyers, and doctors--not to mention many other professions--and transfor.
In spite of Jim Crow segregation, Black colleges produced some of the best Football programs in the country.
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The first game occurred in 1892, a little less than four years before the Supreme Court ruled segregation legal in Plessy v.
Description Black College Football began during the nadir of African American life after the Civil War