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re: Why Did Bear Bryant Wait Seven Years to Integrate Bama Football?
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:06 pm to MrAUTigers
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:06 pm to MrAUTigers
quote:Is it possible to be any further from the truth?
Because USCw beat the absolute shite out of bama. They had quite a few black players on their team. Sam Bam Cunningham was their star player. That is when bear decided he needed to integrate.
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Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:09 pm to pvilleguru
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Is it possible to be any further from the truth?
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Mr. Cunningham is famously said to have done more to integrate Alabama in 60 minutes than Martin Luther King Jr. did in 20 years.
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Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:14 pm to pvilleguru
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Is it possible to be any further from the truth?
1970: L 09-12-1970 Alabama 21 Southern California 42 Birmingham, AL
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In 1971 Mitchell, along with Wilbur Jackson, became the first African-American to play football for the Crimson Tide.[12]
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