The handshake spoke volumes On a March night in two college basketball players mdash one Black one White mdash defied the hate of segregationists and shook hands marking the first time in Mississippi State rsquo s history that its all-White men rsquo s team played against an integrated team To compete in the ldquo Game of Change rdquo against Loyola University Chicago in a national tournament the Mississippi State squad avoided an injunction to stop them by using decoy players to leave their state Loyola rsquo s Black players meantime had endured racial slurs all season getting pelted with popcorn
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