The SI cover (from a piece on Larraine Day)
Mays, Day and Durocher were featured on the April 11, 1955, cover of “Sports Illustrated.” Day stands between the two men with her hands on both of their shoulders.
But in 1955, it was an outrage that a white woman would have her hand on a black man’s shoulder.
Letters were sent to the magazine, now only a year old, from outraged readers and others asking to cancel their subscriptions, according to Hirsch’s book.
Worse than the swimsuit issue!!!
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