Carolina Quotes
In 1970, my senior year, integration finally came to town. I went to pick up my schedule at Westside High School. I was looking forward to graduating with my Westside class in 1971. Imagine how I felt when I was told that I had to go to T. L. Hanna High School, which had the majority of non-blacks. Integration had come to town and the lines were drawn in such a way that kept the schools as segregated as possible.
Jim Rice Carolinian
Source
National Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech, Cooperstown, New York, July 26, 2009
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- National Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech
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- 2009
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“In 1970, my senior year, integration finally came to town. I…” Jim Rice. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-4C87299072. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/4c87299072
More from Jim Rice
I am a husband called Rice. I am a father called Dad. I am a brother called Ed. I am an uncle called Uncle Ed. I am a grandfather called Papa. I am a friend that doesn’t call, some of my friends know that, and sometimes best not called at all. Finally, and I do mean finally, I am Jim Rice called a baseball Hall of Famer.
I was a quiet leader, not a follower. I played through the pain and I suffered. No regrets.
You find your life-long partner, that one true love. You have your first child and you spend hours wondering at the perfection of tiny little fingers and toes. You rejoice and cry through pre-elementary, middle and high school and, if you’re lucky, college graduation. You marvel at how sanity endures. Right when you thought it couldn’t get any better, you have grandchildren and a new astonishing love blossoms.