Clipping from page 1 of the April 27, 1973 issue of The Oracle student newspaper on Tennessee Tech University men's tennis coach Larry Ware's abandonment of David Brents, a Black tennis player, in Johnson City, Tennessee, and the activism of and backlash against Tennessee Tech Black athletes in response.
title:
Black athlete controversy: Athletes' dismissal final
creator:
Tennessee Technological University
creator:
Weatherford, Pat
subject:
College student newspapers and periodicals
subject:
African American young adults
subject:
African American college students
subject:
Young adults
subject:
College students
subject:
Tennessee Technological University Golden Eagles (Men’s tennis team)
subject:
College sports
subject:
College athletes
subject:
African American college athletes
subject:
Tennis
subject:
Tennis players
subject:
African American tennis players
subject:
Brents, David
subject:
Ware, Larry
subject:
Racism
subject:
Racism in sports
subject:
Discrimination in sports
subject:
Axel, Jeff
subject:
African American football players
subject:
African American track and field athletes
subject:
Tennessee Technological University Golden Eagles (Men’s track and field team)
subject:
Tennessee Technological University Golden Eagles (Football team)
subject:
Wade, Don
subject:
Bonds, Jay
subject:
Gaines, Wentford E.
subject:
Williams, Larry
subject:
Richardson, Garfield
subject:
Clayton, Nolan
subject:
Student movements
subject:
Stone, Doug
subject:
Graves, Sam
subject:
Anderson, Sam
subject:
McDermott, Larry
subject:
Avery, James
subject:
Hunter, Paul
subject:
Bryd, Allen
description:
Clipping from page 1 of the April 27, 1973 issue of The Oracle student newspaper on Tennessee Tech University men's tennis coach Larry Ware's abandonment of David Brents, a Black tennis player, in Johnson City, Tennessee, and the activism of and backlash against Tennessee Tech Black athletes in response.
publisher:
Christine Spivey Jones subject files
date:
1973-04-27
type:
Text
format:
pdf
identifier:
Oracle_1973_04_27_p1_protest
source:
The Oracle
language:
eng
temporal:
1970s
spatial:
Cookeville (Tenn.)
spatial:
Putnam County (Tenn.)
rights:
In Copyright
