Appendix - Matrix - Michigan State University
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<strong>Appendix</strong> B<br />
The<br />
Revolt<br />
on<br />
the<br />
Campus<br />
<strong>University</strong> of California at Berkeley<br />
Ray Willsey, Head Coach<br />
Varsity Football<br />
Athletic Department<br />
Eshleman Hall<br />
<strong>University</strong> of California<br />
Berkeley, California<br />
COACH RAY WILLSEY:<br />
It has become unmistakenly obvious that in some<br />
areas of coaching the practice of favoritism and inequity,<br />
which permeated last year's team, STILL EXISTS.<br />
It is no secret to anyone, especially those that know<br />
football, that last year's victim of favoritism and ineq-<br />
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uity was Wayne Brooks, who was completely blackballed<br />
as an offensive player and possibly this year as a<br />
defensive player. We have also painfully watched, in<br />
utter disgust, such great competitors as Bernie Keeles,<br />
McKinley Parker, Clyde Flowers, and George Harris<br />
become similar victims.<br />
In reference to Bernie Keeles, in particular, we feel<br />
that he should be in contention for the starting position<br />
and not relegated to third and fourth string. This nation<br />
has shown that it is ready to accept Blacks as quarterbacks<br />
and the <strong>University</strong> of California must also.<br />
We, the Black athletes, want a winning team. We<br />
want the best twenty-two players on the field. We want<br />
the best player in each position. THIS HAS NOT BEEN<br />
DONE. As stated on our first set of demands (of Black<br />
athletes), we will not tolerate the forestated situations<br />
and practices. WE WILL NOT PLAY ON ANY<br />
TEAM THAT PERPETRATES THESE PRAC<br />
TICES.<br />
We demand significant changes in the Fall. We know<br />
the community is behind us. As a show of good faith and<br />
because a few noticeable steps have been made in the<br />
athletic department in meeting our past demands, we<br />
will attempt to keep our grievances out of the mass<br />
media and the public eye.<br />
Respectfully,<br />
THE BLACK ATHLETES<br />
THE AFRO-AMERICAN STUDENT UNION<br />
THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT<br />
CONFEDERATION<br />
KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY<br />
Berkeley, California (Associated Press). Negro football<br />
candidates at the <strong>University</strong> of California are boycotting<br />
spring practice, demanding the right to say who<br />
should play which position, and when.<br />
Coach Ray Willsey silently read their demands, pre-<br />
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