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Georgia high school’s all black football team recognized for championship 50 years later
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — There is a recognition of excellence 50 years overdue.A middle Georgia high school football team is finally honored for winning a state championship.It’s a special honor for a lot of reasons. The least of which revolving around sports -- it’s much deeper than that.“I think the wrong was that we were not recognized by the school, by the board of education and by the city of Perry,” said Lawrence Clarington.The welcome sign in Perry, in Houston County reads “Where Georgia comes together.” But in 1969 it was deeply divided.Clarington remembers how that division denied him...…HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — There is a recognition of excellence 50 years overdue.A middle Georgia high school football team is finally honored for winning a state championship.It’s a special honor for a lot of reasons. The least of which revolving around sports -- it’s much deeper than that.“I think the wrong was that we were not recognized by the school, by the board of education and by the city of Perry,” said Lawrence Clarington.The welcome sign in Perry, in Houston County reads “Where Georgia comes together.” But in 1969 it was deeply divided.Clarington remembers how that division denied him...WW…
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