Coach Vincent Grayson said his father, the first Black alderman in Tulepo, Mississippi, taught him and his brothers to always be fair and stand up for what's right.
"I love them. I really do," Booker T. Washington boys basketball coach Vincent Grayson said. He works to prove that to his players daily. No matter what they need, Coach Grayson is always there.
Poised for another deep playoff run, the Eagles don't know everything about Grayson's family history, but their lives are better because of a rich family legacy. Coach Grayson worked on composing himself when ABC13's Greg Bailey asked about the greatest gift his father had given him and his brothers.Grayson tells Eyewitness News that in the 1970s, a Black man was arrested by police in Tupelo and beaten badly while in custody. "I remember going down to the jailhouse, and the guy's head was like a basketball. They had beat him up so bad. And they said they weren't going to fire the policemen who did it," Grayson said.Grayson Sr.
Boyce Grayson stood his ground and continued to work for the people he represented. His strength may have been born during a frontline combat tour in the Korean War. Or, more likely, it was something found deep in his soul.
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