Robinson, who endured the indignities of the Jim Crow era while building tiny and predominantly black Grambling into a football power, died last week at 88.

His body was carried up a long stretch of granite steps by dozens of white-gloved former players, including former Super Bowl MVP Doug Williams.

Coach Robinson was not just one of the greatest football coaches of all time, he was also an inspiration and a role model to thousands of young African American men who went through his program. His was a program that did not use up and discard talented young African American men... He created in them a sense of responsibility and maturity that few coaches cared about. While many perhaps have never heard of him, his program was legendary, and HE was an inspiration. He DID show the way.

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