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re: Why Did Bear Bryant Wait Seven Years to Integrate Bama Football?
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:09 pm to pvilleguru
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 4:11 pm to DWag215
The WSJ is wrong on this one. Hell, we already had a black player on the team. That USC game didn't do shite to integrate our team.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:11 pm to DWag215
Really? Bama went out to Los Angeles the next year and kicked USC's arse in the Coliseum in the opening game.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:11 pm to DWag215
Again, so much mythology around that game. Wilbur Jackson was already in the team when Alabama lost to USC at Legion Field in 1970. John Mitchell would star for Alabama in 1971, playing a integral part in beating USC in Los Angeles.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:10 pm to DWag215
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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.
That famous quote was from the famous Jerry Claiborne, the famous football coach at the famous University of Kentucky and a former player for Bryant.
At least according to the Showtime documentary Against the Tide.
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