Southern college football teams boycotted games against northern schools so they didn’t have to play against black players, until the 1970s (Oluo)

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Michigan won the game against Georgia Tech that day, but the real winner in the compromise was segregation: Georgia Tech and other Southern teams were so appalled that they had to go to so much trouble to avoid playing against Black athletes that they informally boycotted Northern teams until the 1970s. 9 — Mediocre, pg 205

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