“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
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 another time whether football should occupy the same space on campus as those disciplines, but for now, it does. The critical point is that a coach is less concerned with preparing athletes for the next level… — William C. Rhoden Copy Share
“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 of—and need for—the black physical presence. It was writ large in the South in 1966, but it's a paradigm that… — William C. Rhoden Copy Share
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
