The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90187 Message #1708432
Posted By: frogprince
01-Apr-06 - 05:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mudcat's Old Hippies
Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat's Old Hippies
Number 6 and all: I s'pose this is drift, but:
In Arkansas, 1966, we saw a black fellow student kicked off a ball team for having long hair. The thing was, his hair was no longer than was common for the white students; he was wearing it "afro", and it stuck out a little more. Most if not all the black students, and a number of the white, protested, but the decision held; quite a few of the black students left the school. Over a year later I personally heard the "beloved old coach" brag publically that he had never allowed any "long hairs" on his team. The only thing to be said for him was, I do think he would have cracked down on a white player with conspicuously long hair.
The morning the situation broke open on campus, my white, northern roommate left the dorm wearing all black clothes; he often did. Several southerners promptly challanged the "significance" of his black clothing. Several of us white students dressed all in black for the duration of the incident.