Building Lasting Relationships

ID: 3237 ~ Source: Ritcherson, Lewis, interviewed by Greg Bond and Troy Reeves, April 25, 2012. UW-Madison Oral History Program, Madison, Wisconsin. Access full interview here.
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Lewis Ritcherson recalls bonding with his players as head football coach at A.J. Moore High School.

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By Maria Petrolia
Lewis “Les” Ritcherson, born in Hillsboro, Texas in 1926, was the first African American to coach at the University of Wisconsin and the second African American football coach in the Big Ten.…