SLAVERY

On the matter of Border Warfare, this is from the Kansas City Star Nov. 18, page C6: "Calling slavery a 'God-given, natural right' in 1855, University of Missouri President James Shannon encouraged his students to invade Kansas and take on the abolitionists." I can remember when MU had no African-American students. And I can remember when there were no blacks on any of the basketball teams in the Big Six (KU, KState, MO, IA State, NE, OK). I believe the first was Maurice King on the KU team. And now African Americans predominate on most basketball and football teams. It is difficult for me to comprehend slavery in America and how the blacks were once regarded.