November 23, 2007

A Sports Writer Corrects a Mistake

By JAY WEINER

I was once an unwitting party to the perpetuation of incorrect history. In January 1973, with great fanfare and under the guidance of a media-savvy athletic director, Oberlin College announced in both national press releases and The Oberlin Review, the campus newspaper, that it had made a historic minority hire. The college trumpeted its appointment of Cass Jackson a former San Jose State defensive back and, later, assistant coachas the nation's first black coach at a predominantly white

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