76 Years Later, Maryland Tries To Right A College Football Wrong

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In October 1937, Maryland administrators threatened to cancel a game with Syracuse unless the then-Orangemen benched their offensive star, Wilmeth Sidat-Singh. The problem, as Maryland saw it, was that he wasn't the right type of colored boy.

Seventy-six years later, the school is again bringing in Syracuse for a football game, and the hosts will finally get around to righting one of college sports' all-time wrongs.

"I never thought this day would come, when Maryland would own up to what happened," says Lyn Henley. He's Sidat-Singh's cousin and the caretaker of his kin's incredible legacy. It's a righteous task.



Great read - a painful reminder of America's segregated past.

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