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InterMat Rewind: African-American Mat History

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Ok, even if the article is 10 years old it is a fascinating and well deserved look at the inclusion of African Americans into collegiate wrestling. Our compliments to these mat breakers. (Ok, still working on a suitable metaphor)
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A half-century after the first African-American won an individual college wrestling championship — and nearly 60 years after the first man of color stepped onto the mat to compete at the NCAAs — the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum has created a special exhibit to honor the achievements of African-American wrestlers in the United States. The exhibit, which opened in February 2008 to coincide with Black History Month, will be on display the entire year at the hall of fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma; a traveling version will appear at the 2008 NCAAs in St. Louis. Let’s take a look at some of the important historical events of African-American amateur wrestling, and the individual pioneers who wrote history on the wrestling mat in this country � Rest of the story at …. http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/3568/Rev-Rewind-African-American-Mat-Historyte

June 3, 2017 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized