{"id":47,"date":"2021-08-10T20:55:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T20:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/syracuse8\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2024-08-01T13:42:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:42:39","slug":"responses-from-the-su-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/syracuse8\/responses-from-the-su-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Responses from the SU Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Responses from the SU Community\n<\/span><\/h1>\n

The peaceful protest of the Syracuse 8 brought out strong reactions from the Syracuse University community and beyond. Responses overwhelmingly supported Coach Schwartzwalder, but there were also pockets of encouragement for the Syracuse 8, particularly from members of the Syracuse Black community and former Black student-athletes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\nCommunity Reaction to the Syracuse 8<\/span><\/h2>\n

Syracuse University and the Syracuse 8 made the local and national news. Editorials in the local papers mostly backed Schwartzwalder, but student publications such as the Daily Orange<\/em>, Dialog<\/em> and The Black Voice<\/em> tended to support the boycotting student-athletes. Chancellor Corbally received an abundance of letters, from alumni, parents of students, and members of the wider Syracuse community, most of whom condemned the Syracuse 8. Many were angry with the Chancellor\u2019s decision to accept the Human Rights Commission of Syracuse\u2019s recommendations and saw his actions as interfering with and undermining Schwartzwalder\u2019s coaching. National organizations such as the NAACP expressed concern about the student-athletes to Corbally. Some of those who denounced the Syracuse 8 exposed their own intolerance in their letters, while those who stood by the players were passionate in their calls for a resolution or expressions of their own experiences with racism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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