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\"1950<\/a>
1950 is the year the first Black student enrolled at the University of Missouri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We have to do it on our own, Cindy. \u00a0You can’t help anymore.” \u00a0She said it gently, but it was pretty painful. \u00a0I’d been involved in campus civil rights advocacy since I’d arrived as a freshman in 1964, just a little bit more than a year after the March on Washington<\/a>. \u00a0 Now it was the fall of 1966\u00a0and\u00a0we were back from summer vacation.<\/p>\n

I was early for the first action meeting of the year and ran into my friend Cheryl on the steps. \u00a0I started to ask about plans for the year and she shook her head — then told me that the Black students on campus had decided to build from within their own community. \u00a0It was kind of “thanks but no thanks.” \u00a0I was sad, but not angry – I knew what she was saying and as much as I wanted to be part of what they were doing, I understood their desire to act independently.<\/p>\n

That was almost 50 years ago<\/em> <\/strong>and still students of color are forced to demand respect, rather than assume it. \u00a0This time, at least, they got it.<\/p>\n

My sister Pittsburgher Dr. Goddess <\/a>sums up: “The Movement we just witnessed was intersectional, humanist, gendered, Black-led and labor-fed. Celebrate the Vision!”\u00a0#<\/s>Mizzou<\/b><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

OH – and because we should always seek the wisdom of\u00a0Dave Zirin in moments like these,, take a look at\u00a0\u00a0this thoughtful meditation<\/a> on\u00a0racial justice AND the power of student athletes.<\/p>\n

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