A tribute to Harrison ‘Honey’ Fitch: UConn Trailblazer and star athlete
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Before Jesse Owens' historic performance in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, he won four gold medals for the United States.
Before Jackie Robinson, there had never been a black player in Major League Baseball.
Before Brown v. Board of Education, which declared racial segregation in public schools illegal, and long before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, racial segregation in public schools was tolerated.
A young man and three-sport star athlete from New Haven named Harrison Brooks Fitch enrolled... READ MORE
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