Manpreet Chatha Reflection Video Express: The Ernie Davis movie based on true story that represented a time when black players are not welcomed in the South. It is a motivational and inspiring movie that showed the struggle of a black player Ernie a Davis who became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy, in 1961. This movie shows a relationship between a coach and Davis. Jim brown and Davis and racism period. Ben Schwartzwalder was the outstanding coach, who does not believe in racism, focus only on player passion in football. The movie show relationship as a deeper subject in football. Davis and his coach both are the strong character in the movie. Coach encouraged him at all time to become a best player. Schwartzwalder is the excellent example for a best coach, what are the definition of coach and the goal of the coach for win his team. It is clearly show in that movie that if the player is fast, but coach make you faster, if a player is run hard, then coach show you how to run harder. And a player is good, but a coach definitely goal is how make a player better. And Ernie was part of a fundamental development of Schwartzwalder attitude. He proved that a poor person also has right to big dreams by the confident. Ernie did hard work and made a brown actor in sport word. His talent was recognized by his coach …show more content…
from a high school player to a legend in sport industry. It also shows Jim Brown played role in Ernie achievement.
Jim was connected with of Davis goal and Ernie inspired from his success and he was a one man who helped of Davis to convinced about Schwartzwalder as a one of the best coaches for him in college ball. He told to Davis that “if you to go to Syracuse, it is not gonna be easy for you.” Jim brown was never won the Heiman trophy in his life but Davis won it and completed his goal. He also made a strong impact in his life, in fact, Davis continued his legacy by wearing his number (#44) throughout his career at Syracuse. Both are the best example of hard working and dedication player
football. It showed Racism issues that was involved on those days he was the victim of racism on several times during the game. He did fighting against the racism fans that made him role model and identical. In fact, this movie show that racial inequality is the part of past sport history. One of the major scene was shown in the movie that when Syracuse playing at the university of west Virginia white people yelling and called them “big black, dirty nigger,”, but his struggle and his efforts grants him first African American player. There were many emotional scenes in this movie during the cotton ball, he suffered an injury to his leg, he didn’t stop until he won it. He was died on 18 may in 1963, when he was only 23 years old. He was outstanding young man of great character who served as an inspiration to young people. Although Ernie was never played in the NFL This sport movie is an inspirable for other people. Ernie Davis was a hero for white player and how his struggle and hardworking make him a greatness example of African American players in the future. It is great story of a man of courage, power, pride, dignity during the time of racism. He was able of the best college football running backs because his success and his positive attitude.
Ernie Barnes: Research of the Football Artist Ernie Barnes was and still is one of the most popular and well-respected black artists today. Born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, in 1938, during the time the south as segregated, Ernie Barnes was not expected to become a famous artist. However, as a young boy, Barnes would, “often [accompany] his mother to the home of the prominent attorney, Frank Fuller, Jr., where she worked as a [housekeeper]” (Artist Vitae, The Company of Art, 1999). Fuller was able to spark Barnes’ interest in art when he was only seven years old. Fuller told him about the various schools of art, his favorite painters, and the museums he visited (Barnes, 1995, p. 7).
He broke the color barrier in the NFL (Britannica). Which can allow thousands of talented African Americans to be able to share their talent with others. Now that the protests are going on, Kenny’s name will most likely be mentioned. However, most people don’t know who he is. Kenny’s legacy will be remembered by the NFL and the fans. He is honored at the African American museum in Washington D.C for his outstanding work he had done for the people then and the people now. Most importantly, it will be remembered by the African Americans that are able to play now because of his
A black man that’s falls in love with planes and would never give on his dream to become a pilots from everyone and everything that got in his way didn’t stop him that’s what I really love about him and glad to tell the story of the furthermost man ever to change history for black people who has a dream to fly and this is the story of Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Was born in Washington D.C on December 18, 1921 and he was the second of three children. The parents of Benjamin O. Davis were Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. and Elnora Dickerson Davis, but if you didn’t know about his father was a U.S. Army Davis was in the army for 41 years before he got promoted to a brigadier general in the fall of October 1940. At the age of 13 of Benjamin O Davis Jr life on the summer of 1926, Davis went for a flight with a barnstorming pilot, however if you don’t know what a barnstorming pilot was they were a group of pilots that did tricks in the USA in the 1920, that stunt pilots would execute trick with airplane for entertainment. The experience led to his willpower to turn out to be a pilot himself. He was the prime officer to get his wings since the Tuskegee Army Air Field on March 7, 1942. (http://www.aldine.k12.tx.us)
When reading this book, a new coach can take away many pointers from Coach Wooden. They can learn the importance of being a coach and learn how to be successful as well as many other things. It also makes you think about the reason you wanted to be a coach and the people that influenced you the most. He talks about the value of honesty, patience, faithfulness, and having work ethic. Those are just some things that we may overlook as a coach. Also in telling his life stories and stories from coaching, it shows you some of the things you will be dealing with in the coaching
The beliefs and values held by many of the characters change over the course of the film as a result of Coach Boone and Coach Yoast’s work. It is clear that their belief in racial equality and love for football helped a team, and ultimately a town, begin to come to terms with the issue of race in America’s schools.
Crazy neon lights, crowded walkways, the sweet aroma of Memphis barbeque, and the sound of soft blues and rock n roll is a taste of what Memphis’s Beale Street is made of. Memphis Tennessee is a home for exciting things to do within the surrounding metropolitan area. But first, what specifically brings civilians to Memphis? Memphis is a prime destination for tourist and residents of Memphis because of the great time, inexpensive attractions to visit, but most importantly Beale Street. Beale is a famous street located in downtown Memphis that is connected by three co-joining streets. Memphis’s Beale Street is one popular destination spot in downtown Memphis. On these streets are many tasty places to eat, local shops to visit,
Gene Stallings, who was one of Bryant's players at the time, said, "We left in two buses and came back in one, and that one was half full." Bryant put his team through hell at Junction because he wanted to build character and have his players realize that things were going to be done his way. They finished the season 1-9, Bear's only losing record as a head coach! The foundation had been placed and in 1956, the Aggies won the Southwest Conference championship. In 1957, halfback John David Crow received the Heisman Trophy, the only player coached by Bryant to receive the award. After a few years in 1958 Bear Bryant joined Alabama, but this time...he was head coach. Bear once said “What are you doing here? Tell me why you are here. If you are not here to win a national championship, you’re in the wrong place. You boys are special. I don’t want my players to be like other students. I want special people. You can learn a lot on the football field that isn’t taught in the home, the church, or the classroom. There are going to be days when you think you’ve got no more to give and then you’re going to give plenty more. You are going to have pride and class. You are going to be very special. You are going to win the national championship for Alabama.” Bear knew how to give moving pre game speeches. It makes you think abut how much he cared for his football player. Bear dedicated his life to football, but he
Frederick “Fritz” Pollard, the first African American to ever play in the Rose Bowl and the first African American to ever coach an NFL team, changed the history of football and America while enduring different racial criticism. Pollard faced many difficulties throughout his childhood and adulthood. Pollard was not like the typical “black star” of the 1890-1910 time period. Pollard was raised in a nice home, instead of the “ghetto”, and was able to acquire higher education than that of the average African-American child of his time period. Pollard was racially criticized throughout his amateur and professional life. One incident being the time Pollard got into an argument with a child on whether or not he was a football player, “There I was,
Coach Herman Boone is the main African-American character in this film. He is a football coach who is brought in by the newly diversified T.C. Williams High School as a form of affirmative action. This character struggles throughout the movie with dealing with the prejudices of his players, of other football coaches, of parents, and even of the school board who hired him in order to try to create a winning football team. Another key black character is Julius Campbell. He plays a linebacker who ends up becoming best friends with a white linebacker on the team. He, too, struggles with prejudices from some of his teammates and people in the town because of the new desegregation of the team. The remaining black players on the T.C. Williams High School had very similar roles in the film. Petey Jones, Jerry Williams (quarterback), and Blue Stanton all are shown facing racial inequality by players, citizens, and even other football coaches. The attitudes of ...
Media. The main means of mass communication regarded collectively. It comes in the form of t.v., radio, newspapers, magazines etc. The media has a way of portraying a story in a way that they want it to be seen by audiences. In other words, the media only tells us only what they want us to hear; which, may or may not be the truth or include the entire story. The media is always looking for the next best story and the competition to be the first one on the scene can be intense. A documentary by 9.14 Productions tells the story of a man and his art collection; The Barnes Foundation.
Walter Winchell once said, “Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.” The movie Remember The Titans gives truth to this quote. Produced in 2000, this movie stars actors such as Denzel Washington, Will Patton and Wood Harris. One may think that this movie is just about football but its depth is so much more. Taking place in Alexandria, Virginia, race mixing is unheard of until 1971 when T.C. Williams High School is established. When the schools are integrated a new football coach is brought in and the community and students are not happy about it, as the new coach is an African American. This movie shows how people overcome adversity and unite as one to achieve a common goal.
“Remember the Titans” is an inspiring story about racial harmony within a high school football team in the seventies teaching us to respect each other for what we are and not how we look. This wonderful movie is based on the true story of an African American football coach, Herman Boone, hired by a Virginia high school in 1971 to replace couch Bill Yoast. Neither man is happy with the situation, but couch Bill Yoast agrees to work as coach Boone’s assistant. Gerry Bertier who is the captain of the team doesn’t want black players on the team and other team members are also struggling with getting used to the new black players. They don’t only have to get use to one another but the community is working against them as well, which makes the situation worse. (IMDB, 2000)
The Civil Rights Era impacted the realm of sports in a great and powerful way. Throughout the mid 1900s, many minority athletes emerged through all odds and began to integrate themselves in the white dominated athletic business. These athletes endured constant hardships in order to achieve their goals and dreams; facing much racism, segregation, and violence. Minorities across the country began to look up to these sportsmen and realized that anybody could attain greatness despite the social troubles of the time. Stories depicting the struggles of minority athletes soon arose and grew popular among different cultures. These true accounts passed from generation to generation, each admiring the courage and bravery of athletes and how important they became in obtaining an equal society. Producers and directors soon found a way to revolutionize the film industry by retelling the racial discrimination that minority athletes faced. Remember the Titans, The Perfect Game, 42, and The Express are all examples of how minority athletes overcame racial adversities in order to obtain the championship. These Hollywood movies contain many inaccuracies that draw away from the true impact minority athletes had during the Civil Right Era. Although these films do depict the racial components of the time, they do not depict the accurate occurrences of the stories they try to recreate.
"Someplace along the line you have to come to an understanding with yourself, and I had reached mine a long time before, when I was still on my death bed. Either you overcome or let it consume you.” Davis had once said days before his death. Ernie Davis had to overcome obstacles, at a young age he had to deal with a stuttering problem, he never really took care of it, he, just kept living his life. Those difficult and early stages of his life helped him learn many things. Nothing was ever handed to Ernie. Ernie Davis led Syracuse University to the national championship as a sophomore. Ernie Davis was the first African-American man to win the Heisman Trophy, and to be picked first overall in the NFL draft, but he never ever played a pro game and passed away at the young age of 23 after contracting leukemia. Davis was a great athlete but an even better person, even when he became popular, he remained humbled and didn’t allow the many racial and disrespecting comments bother him for being a black athlete in the south, during a time where African Americans were looked down upon and wasn’t treated fairly. Ernie Davis matters, because he fought through major adversities and also broke down many barriers on his quest to becoming the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy. So, the movie The Express, takes you on a dramatized story about a great man who’s life wasn’t easy but had great personal qualities, on his quest to an NFL career. Is the movie historically accurate or not?
He became the first ever basketball coach, he is known as the father of basketball, even though his record as a coach at the University of Kansas was a mediocre fifty five wins and sixty losses. There are many sports to coach, so choosing the right sport to coach is the first test for any coach. Naturally, one would want to coach a sport that you know the most about. For example, if an athlete decided he wanted to get into coaching he would most likely choose to coach the sport he had once played.