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CHAPTER 1
3 Chip Loftin had a festive party on his fifth birthday: “Chip Loftin Has Festive Party On Fifth Birthday,” Columbian-Progress, April 16, 1970.
5 In 1937 Marion County’s Historical Society commissioned: Marion County Historical Research Project, January 21, 1937, by Maggie Byrd and Gizelle Sylverstein.
5 “The first meal I ever cooked”: Janet Harrison English, “Most Valuable Biscuit-Maker,” Jackson Clarion-Ledger, March 4, 1992.
6 Columbia was a place where the camellias: Industrial Survey of Columbia, Miss., by the New Industries Department Mississippi Power Company, 1962.
6 “Back then we didn’t have birth control”: “Mrs. Alyne Payton: A true definition of the world ‘Mother,’ ” Jackson State University Athletic Foundation News, Fall 2001.
7 When Walter and his Bluff Road pals weren’t weaving through dill stacks: Mark Sufrin, Payton (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1988), 38–39.
8 James Meredith, who in 1962 became the first black: Paul Hendrickson, Sons of Mississippi (New York: Vintage, 2004), 68.
8 “I told my children I was going to raise them”: “Mrs. Alyne Payton: A true definition of the world ‘Mother,’ ” Jackson State University Athletic Foundation News, Fall 2001.
9 He also manned a five-acre garden: Walter Payton with Don Yaeger, Never Die Easy (New York: Random House, 2001), 21.
9 “We didn’t have a babysitter”: “Mrs. Alyne Payton: A true definition of the world ‘Mother,’ ” Jackson State University Athletic Foundation News, Fall 2001.
10 “When Tarzan was over”: Walter Payton with Jerry B. Jenkins, Sweetness (New York: Contemporary Books, 1978), 21.
12 Alyne’s goal was to win the Columbian-Progress’ Yard of the Week: Rick Telander, “Bears’ Unclear Situation Gives Payton Plenty to Worry About,” Chicago Sun-Times, January 26, 1996.
12 “It rains like you wouldn’t believe during the summer”: Payton and Yaeger, Never Die Easy, 23.
12 “[My mother is] probably the reason I’m so muscular”: Bobby Hall, “Payton Finds His Place In College Football’s Society,” The Commercial Appeal (Memphis), November 9, 1974.
13 Whenever Alyne stumbled upon a vintage: John Husar, “Mama The Coach,” Chicago Tribune, September 30, 1977.
14 “When you have an angry sister chasing you with a broom”: Tom Fitzgerald, “Sibling rivalry at Payton’s place motivated runner,” The Topeka Capital-Journal, November 30, 1999.
15 Afterward, everyone would retreat to Cook’s Dairy Delight: Anna Nixon, “Mrs. Cooks: A favorite spot since the 1950’s,” Columbian-Progress, August 6, 1987.
16 “Eddie loved school and he loved football”: “Mrs. Alyne Payton: A true definition of the world ‘Mother,’ ” Jackson State University Athletic Foundation News, Fall 2001.
17 “I look back at my style of playing football, and that evolved”: Payton and Yaeger, Never Die Easy, 29.
CHAPTER 2
24 “The first time I got the ball in practice”: Payton and Jenkins, Sweetness, 37–38.
25 On October 30, 1969, the Columbian-Progress actually ran: “Jefferson High,” Columbian-Progress, October 30, 1969.
CHAPTER 3
31 With its April 10, 1969, staff editorial, titled RACE DIFFERENCES: Lester Williams, “Race Differences,” Columbian-Progress, April 10, 1969.
32 Thurman Sensing, a columnist for the Progress and executive vice president: Thurman Sensing, “HEW’s Attack on Freedom of Choice,” Columbian-Progress, January 1, 1970.
35 Eight teenagers, all white, paraded back and forth: Bill Crider, “Desegregation Comes Quietly At Columbia High School,” Associated Press, January 6, 1970.
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39 On April 27, 1970, Columbia High announced the hiring: “New Columbia Wildcats Coach is Announced,” Columbian-Progress, April 30, 1970.
42 As is often the case, the game failed to meet: “Columbia Wildcats Paw Bulldogs 14-6,” Columbian-Progress, September 10, 1970.
45 “It was a long [run], and I was hit”: Payton and Jenkins, Sweetness, 44.
47 “I began to see that once in a great while you can use”: Ibid.
CHAPTER 5
57 “I didn’t let them