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Title: VUCast Extra: Watch the 40-year journey of one graduate
Author: Stokes, Taylor
Description: Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP4 file: "Video @ Vanderbilt - Videos - VUCast Extra: Watch the 40-year journey of one graduate." By Vanderbilt University. The video features Taylor Stokes, who was the first African American to receive a Vanderbilt football scholarship (in 1969) but left the school in 1972. He returned to Vanderbilt and earned a bachelor's degree, which he is seen receiving at the Commencement exercises in May 2009. Stokes is interviewed at length, as are his wife, an old friend from Vanderbilt football, and others.
Subject: News stories
Stokes, Taylor
Athletic scholarships
LCSH Subject: African American college athletes
Vanderbilt University -- Alumni and alumnae
African American college students
Racism
Vanderbilt University -- Football
Adult college students
Commencement ceremonies
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/3298
Date: 2009-05-29

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