Through the mid-1960s, I did not know what “segregation” was but I could look around and see there were no black people in our east Dallas neighborhood. And since it was not exactly a sociopolitical hotbed, nobody made a fuss or...
April 27, 2005 Darrell Royal University of Texas University Station Austin, TX 78712 Dear Coach Royal: I am prompted to write this letter because of the recent death of Prentice Gautt, the first black football player at your...
Six years after college graduation, I was washing dishes at the Capital Oyster Bar in downtown Austin. Not exactly on the fast track to the top, was I? Some kind of change was in order, so I quit my job and took a long drive—4,200 miles...
I encountered Roland Wood in the summer of 2005. I was driving my old Mazda south on San Jacinto Boulevard in central Austin and was zooming by when I caught sight of him: a big black guy slouched over in a wheelchair. Downtrodden people are...
1. Dallas White Rock Marathon / December 4, 1988…….……..……..2:48:02 (68) 2. Houston Marathon / January 5...
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