Sports (general)
Sports (general)
“They got all the good books, all the new books. We got the hand-me-downs.”
Garwin DeBerry
“I do think athletics helped.”
Julia Shields
“I remember Burley had some great teams, and we all rooted hard for them.”
Kent Merritt
David Sloan
“You’re the best player, you play. That’s the way it should be.”
George Foussekis
Frankie Allen
Jimmy Hollins
“Sports can be really on the vanguard of positive racial relations.”
Jim Blackburn
“If there were no sports, I think the integration that occurred would have been way more painful.”
Rod Gentry
“We used to play in different parks and stuff, went out of town, played games.”
Mary Johnson
“I liked Burley because I liked the sports and I always liked physical ed and stuff like that.”
Mary Johnson
“Let’s put our arms around them. We’re all friends now.”
Wade Tremblay
“I don’t remember any issues over race. I’m sure it would be different if I was black.”
Larry Kent
“When you got a part to be on that team, your blood runs red just like theirs do.”
Nathaniel Garland
Nathaniel Garland
“You’ve done something bad. That’s taboo.”
Nathaniel Garland
“When we went to Lane, the nurturing part was not there.”
Roland and Ronald Woodfolk
“I think sports did help overcome racial tensions.”