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100 years of GHOE: Why N.C. A&T's homecoming is more than a football game

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Proposal at homecoming

Aggies Clarence Satchell asked Keyanda Thompson to marry him during the 2015 A&T homecoming football game.

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Keyanda Thompson — midstride with the Golden Delight dancers at N.C. A&T’s homecoming game in 2015 — saw her longtime boyfriend, Clarence Satchell, pull off his hat disguise.

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Nate Wilson fries fish while he tailgates during N.C. A&T’s homecoming football game in Greensboro on Oct. 26, 2019.

Khadejeh Nikouyeh, News & Record

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Nate and Jean Wilson and their son Derek, all of whom attended A&T.

Courtesy Derek Wilson

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Aggies Kamal Bell and his wife Amber at the 2025 GHOE. Bell is the founder of Sankofa Farms, which uses land as a lesson especially for youngsters. 

Courtesy Kamal Bell

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Aggie Troy Lemont Coleman is standing through the roof of the 10-passenger stretch limousine during homecoming in the 1990s.

Courtesy Troy Lemont Coleman

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