Black Three

Prior to the mid-sixties, Grayville, TN was one of twenty-four "e;sundown towns."e; A "e;sundown town"e; was a town that had a sign on the outskirts of town that said, "e;Negros are not allowed in the city limits after sundown."e;Very few blacks lived in Grayville. Grayville High School seldom had black students. In August of 2020, a black doctor moved to Grayville. He moved from Weston, Ohio to be near his adopting white parents who lived in the Homeland Retirement Center in Pleasant Hill. Grayville never had a black basketball player, now it has three. The doctor has three sons. Joseph is a 6 9 senior and his twin brothers, Samuel and David both 6 6 juniors. The three brothers took Weston to the Ohio State basketball championship. Cox County youth grew up to have a culturally absorbed prejudice. That is what the three black players encountered.