Hair Trimmed
By Athletes
For Unity
been resolved. One player who
charged from the team, but in-
students expressed the
that Black identity was
.ed in the situation so they
;o President Hobbs for an
aat grooming v
enting Guilforc
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This October 17, 1969 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on the outcome of the school's grooming policies for athletes as it related to African American athletes. While the policy mandated short hair on athletes, black athletes argued that Afro hairstyles were a critical part of black identity.
Type
text
Original format
clippings
Original publisher
Greensboro, N.C. : Guilford College
Language
en
Contributing institution
Friends Historical Collection, Hege Library, Guilford College
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Object ID
GUI_GuilfordianCRG.1103
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
Hair Trimmed
By Athletes
For Unity
been resolved. One player who
charged from the team, but in-
students expressed the
that Black identity was
.ed in the situation so they
;o President Hobbs for an
aat grooming v
enting Guilforc
