Through the Banks of the Red Cedar | movie | 2018 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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In 1963 Michigan State Head Coach Duffy Daugherty gave 23 African American young men the opportunity of a lifetime. The  | dG1fLUVFUDZxbF9uR00

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00:00 [crowd cheering]

00:02 [soft music]

00:05 - The Civil Rights Movement was not just about marches

00:08 and sit-ins and boycotts and protests.

00:10 It was also about confronting segregation

00:12 in different spaces.

00:13 In the Michigan State teams of the 1960s,

00:16 they confronted segregation on the field physically.

00:18 They challenged the color line in numerous ways.

00:21 [soft music]

00:24 - Duffy Doherty faced criticism.

00:27 There were people all across America

00:29 who were watching this and saying,

00:31 "Where is this going?"

00:32 Well, it was going to lead to a national champion.

00:35 - It isn't very often that you can put

00:37 that many superstars together and have it work.

00:42 But it worked and it worked well.

00:44 - The part that really reflected

00:45 what this great experiment of Duffy Doherty's was all about

00:48 was the National Football League draft.

00:50 For one school to have the number one,

00:52 number two, number five, number eight picks,

00:55 unprecedented.

00:56 - I never really developed an appreciation for football.

00:59 My dad didn't show me the game.

01:01 He didn't sit me down in front of the TV

01:03 and explain how football works.

01:04 - I wish we could have had the moments

01:10 that we're having now when I was a kid.

01:12 - We might have a chance to make up for that.

01:15 - We had something very powerful

01:19 and it did expose me to things that,

01:22 had I not played, I wouldn't have been able to experience.

01:25 - We wanted to prove to ourselves

01:27 and to everybody around the country

01:29 that we could be the best.

01:31 Without that opportunity, I never would have made it

01:33 because of the segregation.

01:35 - When our players meet a guy like Gene Washington,

01:42 there's a little bit of a feeling of awe.

01:44 Speaks about their past and the history

01:46 that they've brought here.

01:47 - Had it not been for them, we wouldn't be here.

01:50 (upbeat music)

01:52 - The idea of being offered a chance

01:59 to be a part of a big community,

02:01 a big family, meant a whole lot.

02:03 (upbeat music)

02:06 (upbeat music)

02:08 (upbeat music)

02:12 (upbeat music)

02:15 (upbeat music)

02:18 (music fades)

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