University of Virginia
University of Virginia
“UVA had no Black football players. And then here I come and others.”
Kent Merritt
Kent Merritt
“It was bigger than a football field.”
Kent Merritt
“We just recognize that we’re a part of that history.”
Kent Merritt
“I think it was separate but equal, to borrow an old term.”
David Sloan
“Don’t you dare start getting Black athletes on our football team.”
Jim Blackburn
“He was not interested in tokens.”
Jim Blackburn
Andy Minton
“But what’s embarrassing, I didn’t put myself in their place.”
Andy Minton
“The university had a lot of influence in this town. Good and bad, I’m sure.”
