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By Dan Klores
Special to Page 2

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Since its inception, the Basketball Hall of Fame has systematically ignored the courageous innovations of countless men and women from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). But now, finally, under pressure -- and due in part to the influence of new Hall of Fame board chairman Mannie Jackson -- the Hall has agreed to form a special committee to look into what needed to be done decades ago. It is not time to relax. Even before embarking on this obvious step, Hall of Fame decision ...

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