Taylor Stokes
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Vanderbilt’s Black football pioneers reflect on an often difficult journey
Before he was the first African American from Vanderbilt to play in the National Football League, spending seven seasons with the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants, Doug Nettles was a very bored college cornerback. The frenetic offenses and complex passing games that are commonplace in modern football were no… Read MoreMay 19, 2021
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My Southern Health: After lung cancer, aspiring minister aims for a ‘significant life’
On a humid summer day in 2006, Taylor Stokes became ill on a plane from dehydration and inhaling fumes on the jetway. Stokes, however, describes that unpleasant experience as “providential.” It led to a lung cancer diagnosis. Read MoreAug 6, 2018