United in Rivalry:: Richmond’s Armstrong-Maggie Walker Classic (Sports)

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Around Richmond, it is simply referred to as “The Classic.” From 1938 to 1979, Armstrong High and Maggie Walker High, the only two all-black high schools within the city limits, converged at the gridiron Every Thanksgiving weekend as spirited rivals. Every year an increasing number of people packed the old City Stadium, every so often as many as thirty thousand, every so often too many to count. They cheered as the players fought for field position, pride, and bragging rights, and when the game used to be over, they fought for equality in the face of segregation, prejudice, and Jim Crow justice. Enjoy a view from the press box as Richmond sports historian Michael Whitt offers a summary of each and every Armstrong-Maggie Walker Classic and the regularly volatile social and political context in which they were played. The two schools may have produced one of Virginia’s greatest prep rivalries, but they also assisted in shaping its greatest achievement in unity.

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