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Featured Photo by Damien T. Taylor In a groundbreaking achievement, Morgan State University became the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to lead a solo pavilion at the prestigious ...

Payton starred for the Chicago Bears from 1975 to 1987 after graduating from Jackson State. At Jackson State, Payton, as a running back, was voted Black College Player of the Year in 1973 and 1974.

“And my door will always be open." At the meeting, where officials confirmed Johnson to lead the state’s sole public historically Black university (HBCU), many of those criticisms continued.