By Marilyn Miller Paulk
It’s been 72 years in the making, but the largest predominantly Black g
92-year old Akron man shares perspective, importance of voting
This article appeared in the Akron Beacon Journal on 11 July 2013.
For those of us who were paying attention back in the 1950s, the African-American golfers who broke the color barrier on the professional tours are familiar, at least after Bill Spiller’s heroic attempts to legally force the PGA to open its doors. When the segregation clause was threatened, the tour switched to invitationals, then kept […]