UNC Alum, NCAA “Abolitionist” Taylor Branch’s Civil Rights Campaign Keeps Picking Up Allies

Posted Oct 23, 2013
In the midst of yet another mostly congenial and prosaic debate about college athletes and the concept of amateurism, Taylor Branch could feel the frustration swell. This had become an increasingly common phenomenon in recent months, as the civil rights historian took his fledgling crusade against the NCAA from low-key panel to skeptical interviewer and back again. (BuzzFeed)

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