Desegregation and football across 50 years in Louisiana

This is a really great story about desegregation and race relations in a rural southern community.

When My Louisiana School and Its Football Team Finally Desegregated

"In 1969, 15 years after Brown v. Board of Education, a Japanese-American football coach and an African-American player formed a bond that resonates today."

Feel-good, sure.  But also honest, complex, avoiding judgement.

Thanks for calling attention to this; I had missed it. (When I saw the headline in your link, and your description, I thought, “That sounds like Jeré Longman,” whom I remember from his years at The Philadelphia Inquirer. He’s one of the masters.)