- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Athletes Backed by Blacks
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : Guilford College
- Date of Original:
- 1969-10-10
- Subject:
- Guilford College
Race relations - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This October 10, 1969 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on a demonstration by African American students regarding grooming policies for athletes. While the school's policy mandated short hair on athletes, black athletes argued that Afro hairstyles were a critical part of black identity.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/1023
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
- Original Collection:
- CRG
The Guilfordian (Civil Rights Clippings) - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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