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SportsTalk: Black History of Sports in Vance County

SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th 

Scout Hughes and Steve Lewis talk about the historical athletic programs that were at Kittrell College, a two-year HBCU in Kittrell, NC that has since closed it’s doors. The guys also talk about historically black high schools in the area such as Henderson Institute, Mary Potter, J.R. Hawkins, the Franklin County Training School along with others. As well as the role that the NCHSAC played in high school sports in the state of North Carolina. That and much more on SportsTalk!

This is a photo of the 1959 Kittrell College Bulldogs Football Team. Picture from the 1960 edition of the Kittrell College Yearbook “The Bulldog” found at the Granville County Public Library.

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