This story dates back to March of 1963, when the lily-white Mississippi State Bulldogs sneaked out of their state—in defiance of its governor and a court order—to play an integrated Loyola of Chicago team in the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament. Mississippi State lost. So did jim crow. Last December Loyola and Mississippi State commemorated the 50th anniversary of that game by playing each other again, in Chicago.
(link below)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/michael-lenehan-1963-loyola-ramblers-mississippi-state/Content?oid=8964424
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
THE STORY BEHIND THE GAME THAT CHANGED COLLEGE BASKETBALL
This story dates back to March of 1963, when the lily-white Mississippi State Bulldogs sneaked out of their state—in defiance of its governor and a court order—to play an integrated Loyola of Chicago team in the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament. Mississippi State lost. So did jim crow. Last December Loyola and Mississippi State commemorated the 50th anniversary of that game by playing each other again, in Chicago.
(link below)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/michael-lenehan-1963-loyola-ramblers-mississippi-state/Content?oid=8964424
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