ORG XMIT: *S0405620735* Jerry LeVias (left) was the Southwest Conference Player of the Year in 1968 for coach Hayden Fry (right) at SMU. DMN Staff file photo, 1966(DMN Staff file photo / See ...

Video: Jerry LeVias remembers 1966 meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. On March 17, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. appeared at Southern Methodist University to deliver a landmark speech.

DALLAS — Decades after Jerry LeVias broke the color barrier in the Southwest Conference, the fight for race equality continues in the U.S. “Who would have thought, 50, 55 years later ...

His name? Jerry LeVias. Best known for being the first Black football player in the old Southwest Conference and, after that, a star wide receiver for the Houston Oilers. “If you could meet him ...

Today and tomorrow ought to be Jerry LeVias Day because of all of the above and then some. Tuesday’s honor was as much about the then some as it was about a sports legacy. If you engage in a two ...

Anyone who saw Jerry LeVias play in the 1960s as a lightning-quick receiver and return man for SMU can recount his spectacular plays from memory. What is truly unforgettable, and should never be ...

Always keep your emotions in check,'' he told him. At the time, Jerry Levias was living a life of isolation at SMU. Two roommates moved out on him, only one of them man enough to explain why.

[Editor's note: This excerpt from "The Kids Got It Right" details the relationship between quarterback Bill Bradley and superstar receiver Jerry LeVias. It's a historic look at how Texas football ...

More than four decades after becoming the first black football player recruited into the Southwest Conference, Jerry LeVias can talk about his four years at SMU without sweating. He sleeps through ...

Jerry LeVias has paid the price for being a pioneer. Playing for SMU in 1966, LeVias became the first black scholarship football player in the Southwest Conference, earning all-league honors as a ...