Two houses down from the intersection of Geddes Road and Observatory Road lies a Michigan football landmark. There is no plaque commemorating its historical relevance, but anyone old enough to remember the class of 1968 knows all about it.

This is not just any old house; it is The Den of the Mellow Men.

The seven former tenants of 1354 Geddes Road were once the largest group of African-Americans on scholarship in Michigan history. Although George Jewett became the first African-American to letter in football for the Wolverines in 1890, ...

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