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Word: peapatch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1964-1964
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Grambling, La., is a sleepy Negro town in the heart of the peapatch and catfish country. The best way to get there is by car from Shreveport, over a highway that is partly pitted blacktop, built by Huey Long in the 1930s. But there is not much point in making the trip-unless, of course, you happen to be an athlete. Grambling is the home of Grambling College, a state-operated school with only 3,700 students, half of them girls, and year after year some of the best college football players in the nation. At last count, 17 Grambling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Looking for a Challenger | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

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