Wayne Embry honored with statue, Civil Rights award at Miami University
View Comments OXFORD, Ohio – Wayne Embry tapped his palm on the wooden chair to his right when university president Gregory Crawford announced Embry and his late wife, Theresa "Terri" Embry, as the recipients of Miami University's Freedom Summer of '64 Award on Tuesday morning in Oxford. A single red rose lay on the chair to honor Terri, who died in August 2020 at age 82. Embry, the former NBA player and executive who had previously been one of the first Black student-athletes at Miami, said he is only the recipient of about 25% of this award; Terri is the one who was "a great advoc...
Source: cincinnati.com