Thursday, February 14, 2008

Alcorn State facing constant battles as Division I have-not

ALCORN STATE, Miss. -- The bus rocked gently, bringing the Alcorn State basketball team back from its pregame meal. Standing in the aisle, sophomore Troy Jackson held on to the back of a seat as he recited from memory a few lines of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."

I've known rivers.
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

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