It's been a half-century since the men's basketball team of Loyola University in Chicago won the 1963 NCAA championship and in the process knocked down longstanding racial barriers in their historic "Game of Change" versus Mississippi. During a special reception in the Oval Office Thursday, President Barack Obama welcomed members of of the team to mark the 50th anniversary of their history-making turn the Tribune says helped promote racial integration in college basketball.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/11/loyola-1963-basketball-te_n_3581829.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago
Thursday, July 11, 2013
1963 LOYOLA BASKETBALL TEAM VISITS WHITE HOUSE
It's been a half-century since the men's basketball team of Loyola University in Chicago won the 1963 NCAA championship and in the process knocked down longstanding racial barriers in their historic "Game of Change" versus Mississippi. During a special reception in the Oval Office Thursday, President Barack Obama welcomed members of of the team to mark the 50th anniversary of their history-making turn the Tribune says helped promote racial integration in college basketball.
(link below)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/11/loyola-1963-basketball-te_n_3581829.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago
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