Hill died last month of cancer in his home state of Alabama. He’s survived by 10 of the Black 14.
Author Archives: Phil White
Phil White grew up in Cheyenne, graduating from Cheyenne Central in 1963. He received a B.A. in history and a J.D. at the University of Wyoming. In October 1969 he was editor of the Branding Iron, the UW student newspaper, at the time all 14 African American players on the UW football team were dismissed from the team by the coach for wearing black armbands on their street clothes the day before a game. White has worked as a reporter for United Press International, High Country News and the Casper Star-Tribune and has also practiced law in Cheyenne, Jackson and Laramie during his career. He is the author of "Wyoming in Mid-Century: Prejudice, Protest and The Black 14" and "Trials and Triumphs: Black Americans at the University of Wyoming."