The all-white Razorbacks finished their glorious 1964 with a landmark Cotton Bowl showdown. For the most part, integration of big-time college sports in the South happened in phases from the 1950s through early 1970s. In 1965, for instance, SMU’s Jerry Levias became the first African-American football player in the Southwest Conference. Two years later, Kentucky’s … Continue reading When Razorbacks First Competed Against African-American Football Players