Richmond Flowers Jr. Was the son of the Alabama attorney general. The dad was sent to prison in Alabama because of his support of civil rights for Negroes. The son was the very best sprinter in Alabama at the time. Junior went to Tenn. in order to play against Alabama and the evil corruption that sent his dad to prison. Oh yeah, Dothan, Alabama has got an incredible growing season. Vine ripened tomatoes are ready for harvest on June 1st. Junior hated what the political boses did to his dad!
Richmond Flowers Sr.’s conviction had nothing to do with civil rights tho he opposed George Wallace.
I can’t recall the details but he was convicted by the Feds. I was competing at an indoor meet in Montgomery in which Flowers was also competing.
A bunch of us from Troy were sitting together and I mentioned something to our coach about Flowers Sr. being in prison in Montgomery while his Son was competing there.
The coach replied that he was sitting only a few yards from us. They had apparently let him out to watch the meet which was a two day affair.