Morgan State Bears lacrosse

The team's exploits are recounted in the book Ten Bears, and the story is in production for a major motion picture.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated and formerly all white universities and colleges were opening their doors to African-Americans for the first time.

[4] Silverman started the lacrosse club and two years later petitioned the NCAA for full membership as a college team.

They made the championship tournament twice, and in 1975 were involved in one of the great upsets in intercollegiate sports history, when Morgan defeated then #1 ranked Washington and Lee University, a lacrosse team which would eventually reach the NCAA Division I semi-finals as the number seven seed.

In addition, there were a core of freshmen and sophomores who had played the game at early ages that gave the team even more potential for the next seasons that would not be.

As a testament to the Bears' legacy, the 1981 team coached by National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee (2005) Sheldon Freed,[10] defeated Notre Dame (13-12), Villanova (16-9), Michigan State and Georgetown in the span of a five-day schedule during the middle of the season.

[9] Coach Gene White, a player from the original incarnation, commented, "I think it is the greatest thing that has happened since I played for Morgan in '81".

[22] Both Tony Fulton and Curt Anderson were elected to the Maryland House of Delegates[23] Three time all-American Joe Fowlkes became a security consultant, while George Kelley went into law enforcement.

Miles Harrison and Coach Chip Silverman collaborated on the book, Ten Bears,[25] which is being made into a movie.