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re: Why Did Bear Bryant Wait Seven Years to Integrate Bama Football?
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:15 pm to pvilleguru
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:15 pm to pvilleguru
Below is an excerpt from an assortment of sources, the citations for which can be found in this link.
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ear Bryant knew that a loss like this would change the view toward African American athletes in the south. It is said that that Monday after the loss he walked into an Alabama board of trustees meeting and said that any player should be able to play football for Alabama no matter what the color of his skin. The next season Alabama started recruiting African American athletes to play football and short after them so did every other college of the south. An assistant coach at Alabama later said that "Sam Cunningham did more to integrate Alabama in 60 minutes than Martin Luther King did in 20 years.”
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Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:16 pm to DWag215
quote:This is false. We already had a black player on scholarship and we had been recruiting black players for a few years.
The next season Alabama started recruiting African American athletes to play football and short after them so did every other college of the south.
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