“Troy’s experience with baseball,” as noted by James Robert Saunders in I Done Seen a Hundred Niggers Play Baseball Better Than Jackie Robinson: Troy Maxson's Plea in August Wilson's Fences, “has left him jaded” which forces him “to discourage his son from accepting [his] athletic scholarship” (16). Troy symbolizes the voice of previous generations, discouraging followers of MLK and Malcom X from hoping too high for equality. Older generations witnessed how unequal things were, the likelihood of that changing seemed slim to none in their eyes. But, just as Cory must pursue regardless to become his own man, so did the younger generations to find their own mark and