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Water Payton honored at the inaugural SWAC Championship Game

 

 

 

 

 

 



MEAC/SWAC Challenge Presented by Disney Introduces Walter Payton Achievement A ward in Honor of NFL Legend

 swac-wpatton1.JPG (15565 bytes)LEGENDARY WALTER PAYTON TO BE MEMORIALIZED AT JACKSON STATE AND AT OTHER SWAC SCHOOLS - Lonza Hardy Jr.  During his collegiate years at swac-wpatton3.JPG (12629 bytes)JSU from 1971-74, [ Walter] Payton was one the most  electrifying ballcarriers in the nation. He finished his college career with 584 carries for 3,563 yards and 66 touchdowns. He ranks No.4 on the Southwestern Athletic Conference's all-time rushing chart. Payton, a 1974 graduate of Jackson State, died on Monday, November 1 at his home near Chicago, Ill. after suffering from a rare form of liver disease. He was 45. Photo left Payton's Mother; Alabama Sports Authority recognizes Payton..

Beyond Dixie
An inconvenient truth to major media and big name colleges that so called no-names -small colleges and  HBCU's - have evolve beyond offering a quality education to local people of color

2003-04  Miss Winston-Salem State Senior Mignon Turner, a double major in Spanish and Mass Communication, was crown the first Miss CIAA in 2004.  Mignon  was a member of the WSSU cheerleader squad who in addition to devoting time to her studies and cheerleading volunteered to server as an interpreter for the courts in cases involving defendants who native language was Spanish. Volunteer work which may have helped her acquire her current employment as diplomat for the United State in Mexico.  Miss Tiffany Turner, sister of Mignon  and Miss Winston-Salem State 2006-07, a senior on the 2006-07 cheer squad, a volunteer, and a Molecular Biology major from  Burlington, N C heads to Brazil to conduct cancer research through a Biomedical Exchange program with Wake Forest. See Sports TV - Cheerleaders
and others into institutions which provide quality education world wide without regard to race, national origin or gender.  College is about increasing one's economic opportunities which in a Global economy means under standing and embracing people with diverse  backgrounds.
 

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