Pettis Burch Norman, an HBCU legend out of Johnson C. Smith University and native of Lincolnton, Georgia, passed away at his home in Dallas on July 7, 2025, at the age of 86. Norman was one of the few NFL athletes who openly championed civil rights causes as a leader and even promoted financial literacy within the minority communities as a bank executive. Also, he was the first Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls football player to land in the National Football League. He was born on January 4, 1939, as the youngest of ten children in a family of sharecroppers who later
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