PASSING THE BATON: BLACK ATHLETES AND THE SPEED CITY ERA AT SAN JOSÉ STATE COLLEGE
Join former San José State sprinters, Ray Norton and Bob Poynter, as they share their personal experiences with Urla Hill, curator of the 2007 History San José exhibitionSpeed City: From Civil Rights to Black Power. The panel explores the long-held cultural perceptions and stereotypes of black athletes during the late 1950s, as well as what it was like to be world-class athletes in Lloyd “Bud” Winter’s famous track-and-field program.
