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How the Greensboro Six changed golf forever

How the Greensboro Six changed golf forever

The Broadside · WUNC News

August 22, 202414m 54s

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Show Notes

In 1955, six Black men in Greensboro, North Carolina did something radical. They attempted to play a round of golf. Decades later, their legacy lives on.

Featuring: 

  • Josh Sullivan, social media producer at WUNC
  • Mark Lathan, Director of Programs for First Tee of Central Carolina
  • Jesse Williams, collegiate golfer at Miles College

Special thanks to the Southern Oral History Program at UNC-Chapel Hill for audio of Dr. George Simkins.

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