Alabama unveiled a plaque honoring the university's first Black football players more than 50 years after they broke the color barrier.
John Mitchell speaks at the John Mitchell and Wilbur Jackson Commemorative Plaque Unveiling before Alabama's A-Day NCAA college football scrimmage, Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. history. Now, the Crimson Tide's first Black players also share a prominent spot outside Bryant-Denny stadium.
The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers assistant and current assistant head coach wound up starting all 24 games over two seasons and becoming a two-time All-Southeastern Conference performer. “These guys were people who did something that nobody else was really willing to do that created so many opportunities and changed lives of so many people and changed the mind-set of a lot of other people and was a big step in desegregating the South,” Saban said."And I think Coach Bryant should be commended for what he did to make that happen.”Both said they never had to make a trip to Bryant's office for that reason.
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