It’s been a hard, harsh year in America. Seems like literally everyone has found a reason to feel put upon and the idea of sacrificing our own self-interests for the sake of someone else feels like a washed-up joke from a bygone time.
And yet, it’s a life of sacrifice that I find myself pondering on this last day of 2020.
Put aside your thoughts and feelings about the Black Lives Matter movement for a moment and consider the story of Henry Harris. In 1968, Harris became the first African-American to receive a basketball or football scholarship not only at Auburn University but at any of the seven Deep South Schools in the Southeastern Conference.
It was a hard road Harris traveled during four years at Auburn and his story is now told in the book, Remember Henry Harris: Lost Icon of a Revolution: A Story of Hope and Self-Sacrifice in America.