Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. An all-Black Georgia high school football team was finally given the recognition it deserves when it was presented with state championship rings 50 years after a historic win.
In 1969, the Houston High Indians football team won the state championship -- a first for the city of Perry in middle Georgia.But because it was the era of segregation and Houston High was all-Black, not much was made of the victory.There was no celebration. No parade. No championship rings or memorabilia. As CNN affiliate WSB put it:"The welcome sign in Perry, in Houston County, reads 'Where Georgia comes together.' But in 1969 it was deeply divided.
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Wait. What.
It took them 50 years for them to recognize you guys and give you what you deserved. My only words are sick and disgusting
Because white people are racist. That's why it took so long.
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