My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.
“People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.”
“Everybody thought I was crazy. They thought I should take the money and run. But there was just something special about being a senior at Chapel Hill. I just couldn't leave.”