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Jerral Six black students at North Little Rock High were trying to integrate on the first day of classes when a mob of white guys gathered at the front door and blocked their way. A sophomore with a crew cut, Wayne Jones settled in with this group.
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The six black children were being pushed and assaulted by the mob leaders, who were also yelling racist slurs, as Jones stood a short distance away. A short film clip illustrated this. Richard Lindsey, a black student, reported that he once felt a hand touch the back of his neck from someone in the throng. He heard someone say, “I want to know how a nigger feels,” coming from behind him. The aggressive thuggery turned off potential recruits.
September 9, 1957, was 65 years ago, when the incident happened. That same month, a larger-scale integration program was implemented at Little Rock Central High, which is located in the nation’s capitol a short distance away. At the Little Rock Nine events, which are seen as a turning moment in the history of the civil rights movement, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered federal forces to assist black students in carving out new territory outside of the invading mob. It covered up the horrible conditions that were going on across the Arkansas River at Jones’s high school at the same time; history has mostly forgotten about these incidents, but not entirely.
The picture of a young Jones with a striped shirt was taken by Associated Press photographer William P. Straeter. In an earlier interview with the Washington Post, he added that he saw himself “looking like a little burrhead” as he squinted to get a closer look. He would turn fifteen in a month. Since August, he had been lifting weights and working out twice a day in an attempt to make the school’s football B squad. There may have been problems since coach Jim Albright had stated he “didn’t want to see any of you knot-heads in front of that school tomorrow.”
Jones continued to persist even after being given such advise. He was positioned near the center of the conflict on the higher landing at the double-leaf entrance doors to the school. His face was at the back of the human barrier, designed to prevent anyone from entering based merely on the color of their skin.
Jones claimed he was just observing and not taking part. “I don’t think anyone knew the specifics ahead of time, including me. That was more of an anomaly, he said.
However, it appears from Straeter’s photos that Jones had to go around the North Little Rock Six in order to get to the top of the steps before the black students’ march to the schoolhouse entrance was complete. Jones presented the traditional account of the incident, claiming that the six young black lads were the victims of older white supremacists, despite the fact that the majority of residents in the neighborhood were teens.
Even at eighty years old, Jerry Jones is one of the most well-known figures in the nation. The Dallas Cowboys are owned by the boy from North Little Rock. The Cowboys are unquestionably “America,” as owner Jerry Jones declared when he took over the team in 1989, and they have surpassed the New York Yankees to become the nation’s most lucrative and adored sports organization. NFL games are the highest-rated television shows, and the Cowboys are the team with the most supporters.
With her sweet Arkansas drawl that gives every sentence a delightful sting, Jones is the only celebrity with all the charm of a Texas star. The fact that people refer to his football house as “Jerry World” in everyday speech is not by accident. Being a hands-on owner, he acts as his own general manager and addresses the throng of reporters in the locker room following a game. He is more than that, though. Taking into account his winning style and the team’s successes, he could be the most significant player in the NFL. He is a performer who never gives up, and his $11 billion net worth is equivalent to his wealth. Despite being the official commissioner, Roger Goodell is occasionally referred to as a more powerful “shadow commissioner.” He hasn’t held back from using his influence as a master of culture and money to further alter the league to suit his vision.
In a sport where there are only three black full-time head coaches and the majority of players are not black, there are worries about racism, power, and the standing of black coaches. Jones might end up being the standard for the NFL’s appalling hiring, promotion, and support of African American coaches.
He has a terrible track record of skipping important appointments. In his thirty-three years as the team’s owner, Jones has had eight head coaches. There have only been two black offensive and defensive coordinators for the team since then, and none of them were hired until 2008. These are entry-level positions meant to train applicants for positions as head coaches. Despite their shared Arkansas roots, Maurice Carthon, the offensive coordinator under Bill Parcells in 2003 and 2004, said he got along fine with Jones and any other owner. However, he never believed he had a genuine chance to be the head coach. Carthon remarked, “I can’t say that I was near at any point.” “They’re all falling short, in my opinion.” After seven seasons, Carthon resigned as a coach in 2012.
