Year in review: Dean Smith began civil rights legacy while attending Topeka High
Posted Dec 26, 2015
Charlie Scott was the first black athlete placed on scholarship at North Carolina. Dean Smith saw to that when he recruited the future ABA and NBA standout. The imprint left by Smith, who was 83 when he died on Feb. 7, as one of the first coaches to recruit black athletes in the South — and in his own way, contribute to the civil rights movement — was significant.
(Topeka Capital-Journal)
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