A&T's Cage-Bibbs
named to Hall of
Fame at Grambling
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North Carolina A&T Women's Basketball Coach Patricia
Cage-Bibbs found herself among pretty good company recent
ly, when she was named to the Grambling Legends Sports Hall
of Fame.
Bibbs joined 14 other legends from the university, includ
ing Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams, all of whom will
be inducted on July 16 at Grambling State University's Eddie i
G Robinson Museum. i
hidds naa numerous
accomplishments before <
arriving at N.C. A&T in I
March of 2005. But her <
accolades have multiplied I
in recent years. On Nov. |
23, 2007, she became just i
the second coach of an
HBCU women's basketball i
team to win 400 games, j
joining Alcorn State's <
Shirley Walker Four I
months later. Bibbs i
received the 2008. |
Empou. erment Aw ard from I
the YWCA at its annual I
Girls & Women in Sports
Dinner in Greensboro. I
Also in 2008. the Black i
Women in Sports '
Foundation of Philadelphia <
honored Bibbs with one of (
its Legends awards, and
File Photo
she was inducted into
Grambling State
University's Gallery "of
Coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs will
be inducted next month.
State
Distinction. I
Two MEAC Coach of the Year awards and a MEAC <
Tournament title has also been added to Bibbs' list of accom* t
plishments since her arrival in Aggieland. 1
"God has truly blessed me. When you look at the list of
great athletes and overall great people that are going in with
me. it is truly humbling," said Bibbs, who is a 1972 graduate
of Grambling. "I've always had dreams and goals, and 1 never
let anyone deter me from the things 1 wanted to accomplish.
It's the same message I try to pass along to the young ladies in
my program."
Bibbs, who started coaching at Grambling in 1984, has won
471 career games. She won six tournament titles at Grambling
before being hired at Hampton University in 1997. She won
three tournament titles at Hampton before retiring in 2004.
After a brief stint away from the game. Bibbs picked up where
she left off once she became the Aggies head coach.
Under Bibbs, the Aggies have won three straight MEAC
regular-season titles. She led the Aggies to their first NCAA
appearance in 15 years after claiming the conference tourna
ment title in 2009. Her coaching legend grew in 2010 when she
led the Aggies to two postseason wins in the Women's National
Invitational Tournament. It marked the first time an HBCU
earned two consecutive wins in a postseason tournament.
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Chavis
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the congregation at Emmanuel. "Don't
conform to injustice."
As a young man, Chavis led Oxford's
first black resistance campaign in the
iarly 1970s, which was sparked after his
:ousin. Henry Marrow, was murdered by
ihree men. When the killers were found
not guilty, the town exploded in racial
tension. Chavis led a boycott of white
businesses in the tow n - a movement that
eventually led to the full racial integra
tion of Oxford. The story of the
Marrow 's murder and Chavis's ascention
o civil rights legend are documented in
he book "Blood Done Sign My Name"
ind the film of the same name based on
t.
Fresh from his success in Oxford,
Zhavis headed to Wilmington to try to
5ring about similar facial justice and
;hange. As one of the Wilmington Ten,
le and nine others organized a boycott to
protest the segregated public school sys
em in 1971 .
Shortly afterwards, a string of arson
macks broke out. for which the African
\merican protesters were blamed,
rhavis served nearly 10 years in prison
before a federal appeals court overturned
he cases on a technicality. Even as a
prisoner, Chavis says he stayed true to
lis mission of bettering the lives of his
brethren.
"Even though 1 was locked up unjust
ly, 1 wasn't going to conform (to the
lorms of prison behavior). Even though 1
was in prison. 1 was still a pastor," said
Thavis. who was ordained in the United
Thurch of Christ in 1980.
While imprisoned. Chavis also taught
jED courses. He told the congregation
hat one of the inmates that he taught to
ead was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Despite their differing perspectives,
Zhavis says he and the other man
enjoyed an amicable relationship. Later,
when Chavis's appendix ruptured, the
Photo by Layl* Fanner
Ben Chavis (center, left) and Rev. John Mendez (center right) stand with some
of Chavis's brothers from Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.
man. who was also a prison nurse,
ignored his superior's orders to give
Chavis an enema, a procedure that
Chavis says would have ended his life by
causing the toxins to flow freely into his
bloodstream.
"When you help somebody, that help
will come back to you." he declared.
"...Don't ever give up an opportunity to
do w hat is right for yourself and for other
people."
in 2001, Chavis co-founded the Hip
Hop Summit Action Network with hip
hop mogul Russell Simmons. The
Network works to empower young
blacks.
"I am a strong supporter of hip hop,"
said Chavis, who also serves as president
of Education Online Services
Corporation, one of the leading providers
of online higher education
for historically black colleges and uni
versities (HBCUs) nationwide. "I believe
this is the best generation of young peo
ple we've ever been blessed to witness."
Chavis's visit was timed to coincide
with the church's observation of National
Youth Sunday, said Mendez. a longtime
friend of Chavis's.
"Ever since I've known him, he has
done a lot of work with youth." Mendez
commented. "That's his passion. That
really is his heart ."
Chavis, 62, says the Hip Hop
Generation - which is often misunder
stood in his eyes - does hold a special
place in his heart. He urged congregants
to nurture the younger generation with
respect and understanding.
"The world has a plan for our young
people. We must say 'No' to that plan,"
he declared, noting that educational
funding is being slashed across the coun
try while budgets for correctional facili
ties remain largely intact. "Our young
people don't need prison! Our young
people need education; our young people
need church . . . We have so many oppor
tunities to keep ourselves on the right
path and to encourage our young people
to always refrain on the right path."
Mendez. who is also a longtime
activist, said the nation is indebted to
visionaries like Chavis, who risk life and
limb to ensure equal rights for all.
"We tal|c about the victories; we talk
about what we've overcome, what we've
accomplished, but what remains ...
unsaid is the pain, the agony that we
endured over that time," Mendez
remarked. "That's the price that so many
of these people paid, and they didn't
have to do it. They did it because they
loved freedom."
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Wake Forest University
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Wake Forest University Health Sciences
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Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America
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PricewaterhouseCoopers
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