Paul Bryant, University of Alabama Football Coach, Discrimination Trial (Telegram)

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July 17, 1970

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Paul Bryant, University of Alabama Football Coach, Discrimination Trial (Telegram), 1970. 4d25982e-ba92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/0f053d44-2ad5-4c2b-be14-99ad958aaca0/paul-bryant-university-of-alabama-football-coach-discrimination-trial-telegram. Accessed October 31, 2025.

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On Monday, July 20, Paul (Bear) Bryant, football coach and athietic director

of the University of Alabama, will appear in Federal Court to answer allegations

that he and the university discriminate against black athletes at the

University of Alabama.
Lawyers for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund have taken depositions from black

high school athletes and black coaches across the state of Alabama, alleging

discrimination on the part of Bear Bryant for not recruiting or encouraging

black athletes in the state of Alabama, or at the University of Alabama to

participate in its athletic program.
The trial will be conducted in Tuscaloosca, Ala. For further information

please contact Attorney A. J. Cooper in Mobile, Ala. (205} 432-1691.

Charles J. Hayes

Director of Public Information

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