It’s been over half a century since we walked out of Huffman High School. We’re getting old and beat up. We’ve lost several of our beloved classmates, and the demographics no longer work in our favor. As with every generation, we’ve been through hell and back through the years, but you don’t get to be…
On August 4th, 1967, the U.S. conducted a nuclear test in Nevada, and the Soviet Union conducted one in Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, in Huffman, Alabama, our varsity head coach gathered the freshmen in the bleachers before passing out the uniforms and equipment. Coach had a way of speaking directly to the idiots without singling them out….
It was the summer of 1967. LBJ was president. Race riots raged across the country. Nearly half a million U.S. troops were fighting in Vietnam. Thurgood Marshall would soon be confirmed as the first Black Supreme Court Justice. Were we paying attention to that stuff? Not much. We were laser-focused on surviving a damn hot…
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