Interview with Jerry Armstrong, February 5, 2016
Project: NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (1966): UK v Texas Western Basketball Oral History Project
Interview Summary
This is a series of interviews with Texas Western players and coaches who played during the pivotal 1966 NCAA Championship game against the University of Kentucky. Texas Western started five African American players for the first time in NCAA history and went on to defeat the all-white starting five of the University of Kentucky for the championship.Interview Accession
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University of Kentucky Basketball University of Texas at El Paso University of Kentucky--Basketball--History Discrimination in sports African Americans--Sports UTEP Miners (Basketball Team) Texas Western Miners (Basketball Team) African American athletes African American basketball players Kentucky Wildcats (Basketball team)Interview Rights
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Armstrong, Jerry Interview by Gerald Smith. 05 Feb. 2016. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Armstrong, J. (2016, February 05). Interview by G. Smith. NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (1966): UK v Texas Western Basketball Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Armstrong, Jerry, interview by Gerald Smith. February 05, 2016, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (1966): UK v Texas Western Basketball Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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