Monday, February 9, 2015

The greatest legacy of Dean Smith

Gary Parrish get to the heart of the matter -- the effect Dean Smith had on society by choosing to make his beliefs known and acting on them.

An excerpt:

"...Smith was instrumental in desegregating Chapel Hill, then in desegregating the entire Atlantic Coast Conference. He used his position of power to essentially force restaurants to serve black customers at a time when some establishments in Chapel Hill would not, helped a black man buy a home in an all-white neighborhood, and, in 1966, enrolled Charlie Scott, who became the first African-American scholarship athlete at North Carolina.

Furthermore, Smith protested, among other things, the Vietnam War, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the death penalty..."

Alexander Wolf also offers a particularly insightful take.

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