Newspaper Article: When the Lions Went Bowling
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Title
Newspaper Article: When the Lions Went Bowling
Subject
Tennessee; African American women; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African American teachers--History; African American school children; African American Teachers; African Americans--Education--Southern States; Schools--African American Student Athletes- Athletics-- Football; African American Life-- African American thought-Jefferson City
Description
Former Nelson Merry football players describe their experience and racial tension that occured in and around Jefferson City.
Photographed in the first picture include Carl Mills, Ross Cunningham, and Ed Langston wearing NM shirts during a reunion.
Photographed in the second picture are the Nelson Merry High School's 1958-1959 East State Championship football team. From left to right: coach Rawleigh Wynn, Hollis Langston, Cecil Geroge, Pete Evans, Jimmy Horton, Don Donaldson, George Blue, Carl Mills, Henery Williams and Ross Cunningham. Second row, from left: Nathaniel Moore, Melvin Tate, John Hayes, Don Wilkerson, Leroy Phillips, Steve Smith, Ellsworth Etters, Albert Dirl, Ralph Woos, T. Wright, Lee Wright and manager Steve Burts. Third row, from left: Joe Donaldson, Eddie Langston, Melvin Matthew, John Wesley, Dreddie McFarland, William Carl Pitts, Charles Johnson, Rowland Reliford and John Wright. Not pictured: Raymond Nance and Donnie Nance.
Photographed in the first picture include Carl Mills, Ross Cunningham, and Ed Langston wearing NM shirts during a reunion.
Photographed in the second picture are the Nelson Merry High School's 1958-1959 East State Championship football team. From left to right: coach Rawleigh Wynn, Hollis Langston, Cecil Geroge, Pete Evans, Jimmy Horton, Don Donaldson, George Blue, Carl Mills, Henery Williams and Ross Cunningham. Second row, from left: Nathaniel Moore, Melvin Tate, John Hayes, Don Wilkerson, Leroy Phillips, Steve Smith, Ellsworth Etters, Albert Dirl, Ralph Woos, T. Wright, Lee Wright and manager Steve Burts. Third row, from left: Joe Donaldson, Eddie Langston, Melvin Matthew, John Wesley, Dreddie McFarland, William Carl Pitts, Charles Johnson, Rowland Reliford and John Wright. Not pictured: Raymond Nance and Donnie Nance.
Creator
Steve Marion
Source
Julia Taliaferro
Publisher
The Standard Banner, Black in Appalachia
Date
1958/11/27
Contributor
Alona Norwood, Nelia Koontz
Rights
Items can be used for private reflection and research and not for commercial purposes.
Coverage
United States, Tennessee, Jefferson City
Files
Citation
Steve Marion, “Newspaper Article: When the Lions Went Bowling,” Black in Appalachia: Community History Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://blackinappalachia.omeka.net/items/show/2216.