Student
Student
“We had a really good squad that year.”
Corlis Turner Anderson
Phylissa Mitchell
Garwin DeBerry
“Didn’t I understand how nervous he felt being one of only two Black kids in the class?”
Julia Shields
“He was scared to death about his first day at Clark Elementary School.”
David Sloan
“Student athletes socializing and hanging out together. I don’t recall that when I was at Lane.”
David Sloan
“She was on the field cheerleading, and they were just calling her the N-word.”
James Bryant
“And we didn’t care about race or color, only if you could help the football team win.”
George Foussekis
“So they were gradually, you know, bringing transfers in from Burley, which I think was smart.”
George Foussekis
“It just wasn’t no discussion. That was the school I was going to.”
Charles Alexander
“I was considered a threat to the Virginia school system.”
Charles Alexander
Lloyd Snook
“We were all there all the time. And it was a very positive bonding experience in that way.”
Lloyd Snook
Steve Runkle
“I don’t recall any really interactions, either positive or negative.”
Jim Blackburn
“We’d get dressed for the game and everything.”
Mary Johnson
“Other communities had gangs, we had football games.”
Robert King
“But what’s embarrassing, I didn’t put myself in their place.”
Andy Minton
“To see that I was just as human, I was just a person, just like they were.”
Darlene Quarles Robinson
“Didn’t know it then, but clearly it was racism that was a part of that.”
David Sloan
“They became real good friends of mine.”
David Wyant
“I just think the coach didn’t want a Black kid on the team.”