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Star player who expressed interest in going to an HBCU may shake up how athletes select a college

  • Written by Jasmine Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ursinus College
imageMikey Williams dribbles through a crowd during the Pangos All-American Camp on June 2, 2019 at Cerritos College in Norwalk, CA. Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Mikey Williams, one of the nation’s best 15-year-old basketball players, sent shockwaves through the sports world when he tweeted that he might go to a historically...

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