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Remembering Ohio State Football great Bill Willis on Juneteenth

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Today is a day that is set aside to reflect on the advancement of our society and culture pertaining to individuals within the black community. The calamity placed on our fellow man by individuals in the past is a tragedy that has stuck with our nation for decades. Unfortunately, the same hatred and inhumane thinking that led to slavery permeated society as a whole and included athletics and the higher education systems. Although the Ohio State football program doesn’t have the sin-stained hands that some of the other institutions around our country possess, our Buckeyes are not blameless.

I want to make it perfectly clear that I am not condoning in any way, shape, or form how black people were treated in our nation or on college campuses not so long ago.