(Name-mce) ListServ Syracuse Lauds Athletes Who Boycotted In 1970

[bill at billhowe.org]

Belated Award In Fight For Fair Play 

Syracuse Lauds Athletes Who Boycotted In 1970 

By MATT EAGAN
Courant Staff Writer

October 21 2006

John Lobon knows his life changed during a phone call home to Hartford in
the fall of 1970. 

He was one of nine Syracuse University football players boycotting the
season to protest racial inequities within the school's athletic department.

They wanted the school to hire an African American assistant coach and offer
better medical support. They wanted improved academic counseling. And they
wanted coaches to stop calling them "boy" and referring to their hair as
"fuzz."

The demands were met with resistance. The players were met with scorn.

 

Read the rest of the story at
http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-syracuse1021.artoct21,0,2384942,pri
nt.story

 





Bill Howe 
 <http://www.billhowe.org/> http://www.billhowe.org

 
Past-President 

National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
 <http://www.nameorg.org/> http://www.nameorg.org

 

 

 

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