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re: Why Did Bear Bryant Wait Seven Years to Integrate Bama Football?
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:24 pm to ThaKaptin
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:24 pm to ThaKaptin
Mother of God you are mad.
The only suggestion I made was that perhaps Bear--knowing his influence--could have done more to change the social norms by leveraging his power.
That's not an unreasonable idea at all.
And regardless of Wallace's title, there wasn't a more powerful man in Alabama at that time than Bear Bryant.
Wallace would have committed political suicide had he publicly renounced what could have been a strong push for integration by Bear Bryant.
Jesus.
The only suggestion I made was that perhaps Bear--knowing his influence--could have done more to change the social norms by leveraging his power.
That's not an unreasonable idea at all.
And regardless of Wallace's title, there wasn't a more powerful man in Alabama at that time than Bear Bryant.
Wallace would have committed political suicide had he publicly renounced what could have been a strong push for integration by Bear Bryant.
Jesus.
This post was edited on 11/17/13 at 4:26 pm
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Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:26 pm to DWag215
its unreasonable because you were told that he had been trying for 3 years to get it done and had been denied by the governor of the state. This was nothing but a blatant troll thread from the beginning.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:26 pm to DWag215
The power Bryant is perceived to have didn't exist until after the late 1970s. People actually were calling for his head after the average years of 1969 and 1970.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:27 pm to DWag215
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Wallace would have committed political suicide had he publicly renounced what could have been a strong push for integration by Bear Bryant.
Highly doubtful. Take a poll of citizens in Alabama in 1963 and you'll probably get about 75-80% of them responding in favor of segregation.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:29 pm to DWag215
You are speaking of a time early in Bryants career when he was just thought of as a very good coach. This was before Namath, Stabler, the wishbone, and 5 of his 6 national titles. He was still establishing his "power".
Posted on 11/17/13 at 4:30 pm to DWag215
I don't think you understand the political atmosphere of the Deep South in the early 1960s. Feelings didn't really start to change until Southerners saw their dispicable acts being chronicled by news outlets, for the world to see.
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