Lecture (Oct 15): “Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights,”

Samuel G. Freedman, Columbia University, Avery Research Center, McKinley Washington Auditorium, 6:00 pm.

Freedman discusses his new publication, Breaking the Line, which brings to life the historic saga of the battle for the 1967 black college championship, culminating in a riveting, excruciatingly close contest. Freedman traces the rise of two legendary African American coaches, Eddie Robinson and Jake Gaither, and two African American quarterbacks, James Harris and Ken Riley. Together with their teammates they helped compel the segregated colleges of the South to integrate their teams and redefined who could play quarterback in the NFL, who could be a head coach, whobreaking_the_line could run a franchise as general manager.

Lecture (Oct 15): “Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights,”

Samuel G. Freedman, Columbia University, Avery Research Center, McKinley Washington Auditorium, 6:00 pm.

Freedman discusses his new publication, Breaking the Line, which brings to life the historic saga of the battle for the 1967 black college championship, culminating in a riveting, excruciatingly close contest. Freedman traces the rise of two legendary African American coaches, Eddie Robinson and Jake Gaither, and two African American quarterbacks, James Harris and Ken Riley. Together with their teammates they helped compel the segregated colleges of the South to integrate their teams and redefined who could play quarterback in the NFL, who could be a head coach, whobreaking_the_line could run a franchise as general manager.

Lecture (Oct 15): “Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights,”

Samuel G. Freedman, Columbia University, Avery Research Center, McKinley Washington Auditorium, 6:00 pm.

Freedman discusses his new publication, Breaking the Line, which brings to life the historic saga of the battle for the 1967 black college championship, culminating in a riveting, excruciatingly close contest. Freedman traces the rise of two legendary African American coaches, Eddie Robinson and Jake Gaither, and two African American quarterbacks, James Harris and Ken Riley. Together with their teammates they helped compel the segregated colleges of the South to integrate their teams and redefined who could play quarterback in the NFL, who could be a head coach, whobreaking_the_line could run a franchise as general manager.

CofC’s and The Citadel’s Chapters of Sigma Delta Pi Announce Finalists for 2013 S.C. Spanish Teacher of the Year Award

The College of Charleston’s and The Citadel’s chapters of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, are pleased to announce the three finalists for the 2013 S.C. Spanish Teacher of the Year award:

Sandra Camacho, TL Hanna High School (Anderson)
Diana Gomez Hudgens, Oakbrook Middle School (Ladson)
Bradford Greer, Christ Church Episcopal School (Greenville)

The awards ceremony, where the 2013 S.C. Spanish Teacher of the Year will be crowned, will take place at 7:00pm on November 14, 2013 at the College of Charleston.  November 14 is also the 94th birthday of the National Collegiate Hispanic Society, which was founded at the University of California Berkeley in 1919.

Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro, Chair of Hispanic Studies, is the Founding Director of the S.C. Spanish Teacher of the Year program. All inquiries related to this program should be directed to Dr. Del Mastro at delmastromp@cofc.edu.