{"id":13783,"date":"2014-02-20T06:55:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T06:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/?p=13783"},"modified":"2014-02-20T06:55:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T06:55:09","slug":"osu-football-desegregation-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2014\/02\/20\/osu-football-desegregation-event\/","title":{"rendered":"OSU Football Desegregation Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/files\/2014\/02\/event-flyer2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13795\" title=\"event-flyer\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/files\/2014\/02\/event-flyer2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2014\/02\/event-flyer2.png 602w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2014\/02\/event-flyer2-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In honor of Black History Month 2014,\u00a0the OMA collaborated with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oregon Historical Society <\/a>(OHS) and OSU Athletics to host an event regarding the desegregation of college football and specifically the story of the OSU football team!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scarc.library.oregonstate.edu\/events\/2014pioneers\/video-pioneers.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out the\u00a0recording of the event\u00a0that is available online! <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event featured various speakers including: football historian Dr. Michael Oriard, author\u00a0Herman Brame, OSU Sociology Professor Dr. Dwaine Plaza, and OSU student athlete Evan Bany, along with featured guests Earnel Durden, OSU\u00a0football player 1956-1958 and Ken Simonton, OSU football player 1998-2001.<\/p>\n<p>The evening began with Dr. Oriard and Mr. Brame\u00a0sharing the national and Oregonian history of collegiate football desegregation and Dr. Plaza and Bany telling the OSU story.\u00a0Then Mr. Durden and Mr. Simonton shared their specific experiences of\u00a0their time as student athletes\u00a0here at OSU.<\/p>\n<p>Brief Outline of the Event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction of each of the event and panelists [00:00:00 &#8211; 00:06:15]<\/li>\n<li>Panelists Dr. Oriard [00:06:15-00:28:15]; Mr. Brame [00:28:15-00:49:30]; Dr. Plaza and Mr. Bany [00:49:30-01:09:00]<\/li>\n<li>Guest Speakers Earnel Durden [01:09:00-01:35:20] and Ken Simonton [01:35:20-02:00:15]<\/li>\n<li>Question and Answer Session [02:00:15-02:10:07]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are very excited to share that Dr. Plaza conducted an oral history with Mr. Durden and it is now available online; here is the information:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Earnel Durden <a href=\"http:\/\/media.oregonstate.edu\/media\/Earnel+Durden+Oral+History+Interview\/0_5cvqw5cu\" target=\"_blank\">Interview Audio<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1957\/46451\" target=\"_blank\">Interview Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Date: February 18, 2014<br \/>\nPlace: Corvallis, OR<br \/>\nLength: 01:20:00<br \/>\nInterviewee: Earnel Durden<br \/>\nInterviewer: Dwaine Plaza<br \/>\nTranscriber: Desire\u00e9 Gorham<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Earnel Durden (b. circa 1937) attended OSU from 1955-1959 as a football player and a student studying physical education and science for a teaching degree. He played on the 1957 Rose Bowl team under Coach Tommy Prothro, and in his sophomore year, Durden was selected as \u201cJoe College.\u201d He was one of the few, first African American students to attend OSU\u2014prior to OSU having their first African American female student. Due to this, Durden had many experiences dealing with cultural differences in Corvallis regarding a lack of knowledge and interaction with African American people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">In the interview Durden discusses his high school years in Los Angeles as an African American and rising football player; recruitment and experiences as a student, African American, and athlete at Oregon State University; his relationship with Tommy Prothro as a player and assistant coach; his various coaching experiences at Compton Junior College, Long Beach State University, UCLA, and for the Rams; and a brief description of his children\u2019s sports careers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Also, as a special component to the event, OHS collaborated with Dr. Darrell Miller to curate a traveling exhibit to showcase the histories of the U of O, PSU, and OSU football teams in an exhibit titled &#8220;Black Power Disrupting White Supremacy&#8221; and hosted by the OSU Valley Library.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">All four panels are available as PDFs via the OHS Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohs.org\/exhibits\/online\/black-athletes-disrupting-white-supremacy-in-oregon.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Exhibit Panels<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/files\/2014\/02\/DSCN00011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13813\" title=\"DSCN0001\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/files\/2014\/02\/DSCN00011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2014\/02\/DSCN00011.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2014\/02\/DSCN00011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2014\/02\/DSCN00011-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2014\/02\/DSCN00011-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2014\/02\/DSCN00011-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Black History Month 2014,\u00a0the OMA collaborated with the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) and OSU Athletics to host an event regarding the desegregation of college football and specifically the story of the OSU football team! Check out the\u00a0recording &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2014\/02\/20\/osu-football-desegregation-event\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6078,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1329592],"tags":[97053],"class_list":["post-13783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oma","tag-african-americans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6078"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}