Love at First Sight

ID: 3240 ~ 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 tells the story of how he met his wife, Velma, at Wiley College.

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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.…