Florida Black Football Players Were Civil Rights Trailblazers
Black Athletes Were Not Allowed To Play In Many Florida Schools
Today is a football day and I will be watching the Florida Gators play the Florida State Seminoles at high noon. In our modern era there are so many black athletes competing in high school, college, and professional sports that we often overlook a sad time in our past.
Many people watching high school and college football games in Florida today don't realize that segregation was the norm in the state until well into the 1960s. This is the story of how all that changed.