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(Ward discusses his experiences after the University of Michigan, including the circumstances of his recruitment, relationship with coach Harry Kipke and Fielding Yost, the notorious 1934 Georgia Tech game controversy in which he was held out of the game at Tech's insistence, competing against Jesse Owens and failure to make the 1936 Olympic team, as well as his experiences in World War II and his career at the Ford Motor Company.)

(John Behee interviews Joseph Hayden Jr. in Detroit. Discusses decision to attend U-M, high school career at Alabama A&M Lab School, Normal AL, time in the military, decision not to play football at U-M, relations with tack coaches Ken Doherty and Don Canham, election of track captains, social life and interracial dating, prejudice against hiring back high school coaches in Detroit.)

(Interviewed by John Behee in Detroit. Witherspoon discusses his motivations to go to the University of Michigan, his family's encouragement, and his experiences at the University including dealing with discriminatory accommodations and a refusal to use a backdoor at a Chicago hotel, conflicts with faculty members over his outspoken attitudes.)