February 21, 2022

Heritage Project — ‘Lonely as Hell’

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A white graduate student at U-M named John Behee explored how many Black athletes had played for U-M, and he found several of the 187 who lettered at U-M before 1972. Their conversations — including Willis Ward, who said “It was lonely. Lonely as hell.” — are preserved on tape at the Bentley Historical Library.
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