Hilliard

Herb Hilliard, who played for Woodstock High School, became the first African American to net a basketball scholarship from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) in 1967. Also Pictured, University of Memphis journalism professor Otis L. Sanford. (Photo: Tyrone P. Easley)

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