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C.R. Roberts, Scoring Sensation in Milestone Game, Dies at 87

In 1956, he starred for the University of Southern California in a signal victory over an all-white University of Texas team after withstanding racial threats.

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Civil Rights Movement (1954-68), Deaths (Obituaries), Football (College), Pacific-12 Conference, Roberts, C.R., Segregation and Desegregation, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin
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