Southern White Teams Just Didn’t Play Black Ones, but One Game Ended All That

Members of the 1969 Florida A & M football team gathered in Tallahassee over the weekend.
By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN
NYT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On a Saturday night 40 football seasons ago, just before kickoff of the penultimate game in his career, Coach Jake Gaither of Florida A&M strode toward midfield of Tampa Stadium. There he extended his hand to the opposing coach, Fran Curci of the University of Tampa, and they strained to speak above the din of a capacity crowd.Source: Vox Verax RSS Feed