Defender Staff Report
It was in 1971 when the late Collie J. Nicholson of Grambling University had an idea: Bring Black college football to the North.
The result was the annual Urban League Classic, now known as the Whitney Young Classic in honor of the founder of the Urban League.
The oldest Black college football classics in the North will be played Sept. 15 when North Carolina Central University battles Elizabeth City State in the 37th annual event at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The game will be a rematch of the 2006 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship game won by North Carolina Central, 17-14 on a last second field …
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