When did Deland High School in FL become desegregated?
I remeber we played St. Augustine in football that year and Elvin’s parents were convinced not to send Elvin with the Band because of the problems in St. Augustine at that time. The Band members had plumes on their hats and we had to hide them on our way back to the buses after the game (we won by the way) because the plumes were being stolen off our hats. When we got in the buses, they were rocked by the St. Augustine “fans”. It was a very tense time. Needless to say, DeLand has never played St. Augustine since. I also know that the black guy that played football would be pummeled after being tackled during many of the games.
