Receiver Lester McClain in 1968.
The first black football player in the SEC played for The University of Tennessee
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Tennessee State University is traditionally a mostly black university.
Ben Williams signed to a scholarship in 1972
Nat Northington, who attended the University of Kentucky, was the first African American to play in a football game for an SEC school. The year was 1967 and the game was against the University of Mississippi.
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Gene Mitchell Gray, an undergraduate student, became the first Black admitted to the University of Tennessee in 1952.
Tennessee Tech University is located in Cookeville, Tennessee. Dwight Henry was the first African American graduate of the school.
1969: Leonard George and Willie B. Jackson became the first black football players signed.
Nat Northington, who attended the University of Kentucky, was the first African American to play in a football game for an SEC school. The year was 1967 and the game was against the University of Mississippi
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