Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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Soul Patrol and the Dirty White Boys The Afro-American club was founded in 1968 by sponsor Mr. Timothy Barnes. Its purpose is to provide black students with a means of expression of pride in their herit- age and prompt them to excel in academics and sports. I have seen many changes in the attitudes of both black and white people. Through the years, barriers have slowly been broken. One thing which has helped improve black- white relations this year is sports, basketball especially. Our soul patrol and dirty white boys made us proud as they strove to excel, and they helped us participate and cooper- ate to realize our final goal of winning. In the future, I hope to see more unity among blacks and whites in all areas. Peo- ple have to learn to accept others as they are and to appreciate their own good quali- ties. Only then will others accept them. Patricia Graves . Patricia Graves shares her sentiments on black- , white relations in our school % . , AFRO-AMERICAN CLUB FRONT ROW, Veronica Reid, Wendy Warren Mary Henry (President), Wandela Polk SECOND ROW. Otis Mitchell, Pat Kyle, Sheila Reid. THIRD ROW. Vick.e Stock- , dale, Patricia Graves (Vice-President), Bernadette Mitchell. Sherri Tuck, Darlene Jennings, Melissa Henry, Charles Elliott ' (Secretary) 1I7

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