BYU to honor ‘Black 14’ football players kicked off of Wyoming’s 1969 team
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 23, 2022
BYU is directly confronting its past history on race this weekend by honoring two members of the Black 14, the players kicked off the 1969 Wyoming football team because they considered wearing black armbands during a game with BYU to protest a past Latter-day Saint policy on race and priesthood.
John Griffin and Mel Hamilton will ceremoniously light the huge Y . . .
