Willie Bogan oral history interview

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Oral history interview of Willie Bogan, Class of 1971, for the Dartmouth Black Lives project. Bogan recalls growing up in a small town in Michigan where he became involved in athletics, participating in track, basketball, and football in high school. He discusses how he was recruited to Dartmouth through a football coach's recommendation, which shaped his academic and athletic path. Bogan reflects on how Dartmouth broadened his horizons, leading to opportunities like studying at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He discusses his experience as a member of the football team and the Afro-American Society, participating in protests against figures like William Shockley and finding support within the group. He also reflects on the challenges of attending a predominantly white institution as a Black student in the late 1960s, and the importance of perseverance.