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First Black West Point football player MLK Steele speaks
Retired Army colonel MLK Steele from Carlisle Pennsylvania recalls becoming West Point’s first Black varsity football player in the late 1960s. He urges a Martin Luther King Day “day on” not a day off, endorses speaking up, and promotes situational awareness with the T.O.P.S. acronym. His talk notes King’s focus on courage, communication, and action.
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