http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2009/08/taylor-stokes-completes-40-year-journey/ the alumni magazine of Vanderbilt University Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:07:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2009/08/taylor-stokes-completes-40-year-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Kimberly Wiggins Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:15:34 +0000 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/?p=2335#comment-1540 Wow! What a man of tenacity. Wow! What a man of tenacity.

]]> http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2009/08/taylor-stokes-completes-40-year-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Paul Hemphill Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:32:28 +0000 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/?p=2335#comment-223 What a wonderful and triumphant story of restoration and God's Grace (see Joel 2:25-27 and Isaiah 2:4. I thank the magazine from sharing this story with us. Having graduated in 1970 (A&S) I vividly remember the student body as vigorously in support of racial equality and civil rights & against anything involving the military and the Vietnam War. It was also a time of immense popularity for Perry Wallace who graduated my Sr. year. All my peers were in awe of Perry, who courageously broke the SEC racial barrier in l966. We were proud of our school, athletic teams and athletes, even though popularity for scholarship sports was declining. In fact, Perry was voted the most popular male student on campus. I sincerely regret that there was racial prejudice expressed and experienced by Mr. Stokes. I never heard racial slurs or bigotry expressed among the student population, especially in 1969-70 when anything conventional or traditional was challenged. However, I understand that the "view from the cavalry is different from the view from the infantry". In fact, the view from Calvary is a bit different as well. What a wonderful and triumphant story of restoration and God’s Grace (see Joel 2:25-27 and Isaiah 2:4. I thank the magazine from sharing this story with us. Having graduated in 1970 (A&S) I vividly remember the student body as vigorously in support of racial equality and civil rights & against anything involving the military and the Vietnam War. It was also a time of immense popularity for Perry Wallace who graduated my Sr. year. All my peers were in awe of Perry, who courageously broke the SEC racial barrier in l966. We were proud of our school, athletic teams and athletes, even though popularity for scholarship sports was declining. In fact, Perry was voted the most popular male student on campus. I sincerely regret that there was racial prejudice expressed and experienced by Mr. Stokes. I never heard racial slurs or bigotry expressed among the student population, especially in 1969-70 when anything conventional or traditional was challenged. However, I understand that the “view from the cavalry is different from the view from the infantry”. In fact, the view from Calvary is a bit different as well.

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