The Mississippi State basketball team is in the headlines as the Bulldogs play in the NCAA tournament. On March 24, Mississippi Public Broadcasting will air "One Night in March," a documentary on the 1963 MSU team that literally had to sneak out of the state to play in the NCAA tournament. Why? Because the Maroons defied the state's unwritten law against participating in integrated sporting events.
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