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Final Four: Houston coach Kelvin Sampson emotionally shares stories of racist upbringing, father fighting KKK

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Kelvin Sampson recounted the time his father, John Sampson, and 500 Lumbee Native Americans helped force the KKK out of Maxton, North Carolina in 1958.

     
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