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So who want's to hear about the Syracuse 8?
All of you?
Fantastic. Let's begin.
Now the very best thing about the story of the Syracuse 8 is that there were 9 of them.
#BlackHistoryMonth #AthleteProtest
All of you?
Fantastic. Let's begin.
Now the very best thing about the story of the Syracuse 8 is that there were 9 of them.
#BlackHistoryMonth #AthleteProtest
In 1970, a group of 9 American Football players at Syracuse University boycotted practice and eventually sat out the entire 1970 season.
Gregory Allen, Richard Bulls, Dana Harrell, John Godbolt, John Lobon, Clarence 'Bucky' McGill, A. Alif Muhammad, Duane Walker, and Ron Womack.
Gregory Allen, Richard Bulls, Dana Harrell, John Godbolt, John Lobon, Clarence 'Bucky' McGill, A. Alif Muhammad, Duane Walker, and Ron Womack.
Two years previously in 1968, the same year that Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated, and the Civil Rights Act was passed, Black players at Syracuse had raised concerns about racial discrimination and unfair treatment in the football programme.
