Tennis & golf programs at historically Black colleges & universities.

Black Enterprise › Vol. 27 Nbr. 2, September 1996

Author: Clay, Bobby

Position:: HBCUs - Third Annual Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge: Special Supplement

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HBCUs - Third Annual Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge: Special Supplement

Eddie Payton, golf coach at Black Jackson State Univ, MI has four white players in his six-man NCAA championship team indicating that the discrimination found at white schools was not adhered to. The economic problems and the triumphs of tennis and golf at HBUCs are discussed.

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Tennis & golf programs at historically Black colleges & universities.

Eddie Payton couldn't understand it then and never will completely understand why so many barbs were hurled his way last season, during which his Jackson State Tigers became the first golf team from a historically black college to qualify for the NCAA tournament. So what if four of his top six players on his ...

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