Lasting legacy: Greensboro Six inspire today’s First Tee-Central Carolina youth
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on August 1, 2023
So Simkins, who became one of Greensboro’s preeminent civil rights figures, and his friends – Phillip Cooke, Joseph Sturdivent, Samuel Murray, Elijah Herring and Leon Wolfe – decided to try and make that change. They paid their greens fees, which came to 75 cents each, and teed off. Soon the head pro, Ernie Edwards, confronted them on the course.
