Plato Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Anyone watching this special on ESPN? It's pretty interesting stuff.
Jim Schue Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 I watched a good bit of it last night. Really informative, great interviews, and I will be checking it out again tonight. :thumb: Is tonight the last night of it?
malachicrunch Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 I watched some of it. Seemed sort of redundant after a while. I wonder if they will highlight all of John Chaney's career, or choose to tell only part of the story:sssh:
75center Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 We watched it last night and really enjoyed it. It was interesting that "Glory Road" ran against it.
Xgrad-JAGdad Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 They were making Cliff Hagan look pretty bad....
cshs81 Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Very good documentary. I guess it should not have but the part where the guy who was a grad student at Tennessee said that the whites were cheering and blowing their horns and waving the rebel flag when news of JFK's assassination hit was disconcerting.
strike-3 Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Very good documentary. I guess it should not have but the part where the guy who was a grad student at Tennessee said that the whites were cheering and blowing their horns and waving the rebel flag when news of JFK's assassination hit was disconcerting. MLK?
The Professor Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Very good documentary. You had to feel bad for the players who were never given an opportunity, or if they were, weren't given a fair shake on the teams they were on.
cshs81 Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Very good documentary. I guess it should not have but the part where the guy who was a grad student at Tennessee said that the whites were cheering and blowing their horns and waving the rebel flag when news of JFK's assassination hit was disconcerting. MLK? No. It was JFK's. Those that cheered obviously did not like his and his brother's stand on the case with Gov Wallace and the University of Alabama. They later showed a hand-painted sign making light of the assassination.
stick1 Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 The first thing I thought of was my old Easton baseball bat I loved so well. It was hard to be the "Black Magic" back in the day.
Jim Schue Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 No. It was JFK's. Those that cheered obviously did not like his and his brother's stand on the case with Gov Wallace and the University of Alabama. They later showed a hand-painted sign making light of the assassination. Yeah, that bothered me as well. And people wonder why I always throw a wet blanket on those "good 'ol days ..." threads over in GD. You could certainly couch the controversy with Cliff Hagan and the others on the Hawks as they were just protecting their best interests and preserving their star status. But at the same time you can't help but note that it is one other person with an association to UK that has been cast in a racist light.
strike-3 Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 No. It was JFK's. Those that cheered obviously did not like his and his brother's stand on the case with Gov Wallace and the University of Alabama. They later showed a hand-painted sign making light of the assassination. OK. I couldn't understand why the white people would be cheering JFK's death. MLK made more sense at first glance.
Plato Posted March 18, 2008 Author Posted March 18, 2008 Very good documentary. I guess it should not have but the part where the guy who was a grad student at Tennessee said that the whites were cheering and blowing their horns and waving the rebel flag when news of JFK's assassination hit was disconcerting. The look on that guy's face as he told the story was powerful. He said he went to his dorm room and didn't come out for 4 days. He was still disgusted with the whole event as he thought back on it.
malachicrunch Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 OK. I couldn't understand why the white people would be cheering JFK's death. MLK made more sense at first glance. This shows how much history is suppressed . Always half truths taught.
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