Samford basketball player Billy Williams running out onto the court during a pep rally, 1969

Samford basketball player Billy Williams running out onto the court during a pep rally, 1969

In 1969, Samford became the first major university in Alabama to integrate its sports teams when three African-American junior college transfers (Sherman Hogan, Otha Mitchell, and Billy Williams) joined the basketball team.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Arnold, Lew
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Samford University Archives
Subjects:	Photographs
Online Access:	https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/21391

format	Electronic
collection	Samford University Photographs Collection
building	Samford University Archives
publisher	Samford University Archives
topic	Photographs
spellingShingle	Photographs Samford basketball player Billy Williams running out onto the court during a pep rally, 1969 Arnold, Lew
description	In 1969, Samford became the first major university in Alabama to integrate its sports teams when three African-American junior college transfers (Sherman Hogan, Otha Mitchell, and Billy Williams) joined the basketball team.
spelling	Samford basketball player Billy Williams running out onto the court during a pep rally, 1969Arnold, LewWilliams, BillyIntegrationAthleticsBasketballCheerleadersPep RalliesSeibert HallSamford University (Howard College)In 1969, Samford became the first major university in Alabama to integrate its sports teams when three African-American junior college transfers (Sherman Hogan, Otha Mitchell, and Billy Williams) joined the basketball team.1969Imagephotographsb438a99e-be9d-4347-9dc4-b3eb587c4099https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/21391https://images.quartexcollections.com/samford/thumbnails/preview/b438a99e-be9d-4347-9dc4-b3eb587c4099n-od000502Lew Arnold Negatives1960-1969This digital image is the property of the Samford University Library and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Special Collection, Samford University Library. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this or other images in this collection, please contact the Samford University Special Collection department at scdept@samford.edu.
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