Posted inCivil 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
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.