“The peculiar fascination with Davis reflected the way sports-crazed Southerners were struggling with race: On the one hand, they were steeped in the white South's revulsion at the presence of blacks, but on the other, they couldn't suppress their admiration… — William C. Rhoden Copy Share Image
The reports of racial episodes are disturbing. But the players' protest is exhilarating because it is the most high-profile example to date in a continuing revolution in which the athletes who drive the multibillion-dollar college sports machine have begun to… — William C. Rhoden Copy Share Image
College football is no more of a minor league than, say, the universities' schools of journalism, engineering or music are. We can argue at… — William C. Rhoden Copy Share Image
“The peculiar fascination with Davis reflected the way sports-crazed Southerners were struggling with race: On the one hand, they were steeped in the white… — William C. Rhoden Copy Share Image
A lot of enslaved people actually made money, but they had no power. — William C. Rhoden Copy Share Image
Baseball is not like football, basketball where a momentum is something made. You don't really have that kind of momentum in baseball. — William C. Rhoden Copy Share Image
The reports of racial episodes are disturbing. But the players' protest is exhilarating because it is the most high-profile example to date in a… — William C. Rhoden Copy Share Image
“Though integration was a major pivot in the history of the black athlete, it was not for the positive reasons we so often hear… — William C. Rhoden Copy Share Image
