00:06In 1956, Syracuse University's Jim Brown was perhaps the best running back college football
00:14had ever seen, but he was unable to become the first African American to win the Heisman
00:19Trophy.
00:20Some said if Brown couldn't do it, it might never happen.
00:25One year later, Ernie Davis took the field.
00:31Mr. Brown, what's it like at Syracuse for men like us?
00:35It's not that different than a lot of places.
00:37Good morning, sir.
00:38Beautiful day, isn't it?
00:39But Swartzwalder, he's one of the best coaches in college ball.
00:42Move, move, move!
00:43What are you smiling at?
00:46Right about now, I bet you're wondering what happened to that nice gentleman that begged
00:48you to come here, huh?
00:50Come on, let's go.
00:51What are you guys studying?
00:52A little bit of everything.
00:53We're on the football team.
00:55Isn't that?
00:56I don't really know too much about football.
00:58Neither does he.
01:00I can't let him treat you like that when I say nothing.
01:03I do my talking on the field.
01:09Look at that young man go!
01:12Syracuse just may have found their next great halfback.
01:17In light of what's going on in this country, do you feel added pressure to represent change?
01:21When I'm out on that field, I only think about winning the game.
01:24But that doesn't mean I don't know the color of my own skin.
01:28You think we've been south?
01:29We ain't been south until we go to Texas.
01:33We shouldn't play him.
01:35I have a responsibility to my team.
01:37Jack, Art, and me, we're all a part of your team.
01:40Maybe, coach, the rules down here are your rules, too.
01:43Now, that's something for color folk around here to open up a newspaper, Ernie, and see your name.
01:48You owe them more than just running a ball.
01:52I'm playing.
01:53You hear me?
01:54In a time of change.
01:56This is not just a game.
01:57We're fighting something else out on that field right now.
02:00One man had the courage.
02:01I can't even walk in the front door of a hotel.
02:04Now, all those people who believe that's right are watching.
02:07But you know what?
02:07So are they.
02:09To achieve the extraordinary.
02:11Winning this one means nothing if you lose yourselves.
02:15Don't you let anyone steal history away from you.
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