Ex-players' pledge to help OU showcase black history

 
By James S. Tyree
Published: February 29, 2008

NORMAN — Former University of Oklahoma football players Joe Washington and J.C. Watts plan to donate $10,000 to a campus project aimed to bring sharper focus to OU's black history.

Norris Williams , director of the Henderson Scholars Program, said about $100,000 will be needed for renovations, plaques, portraits, lighting and secure cases at the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center.

Washington, who works...


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