The ‘Great Migration:’ The Evolving Landscape of Education, Sport, and Professionalism in College Football for Black Male Student-Athletes
By Emory D. Thompson, Emory University School of Law J.D. Candidate ‘24
Introduction
The Original “Great Migration”
When one mentions the Great Migration, the mind usually thinks of the period in U.S.
history between 1910 and the 1970s, when one of the larges