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The film that will be discussed today is Glory Road (2006), which was directed by James Gartner, starring Josh Lucas, Derek Duke, and Austin Nichols. The film perpetrates the true story of Dan Haskins who became a coach for the NCAA men’s basketball team the Texas Western Miners. The film takes place during the time of the civil rights movement where African Americans were fighting against racial discrimination, and segregation. In order to obtain a team for the college, he had to recruit elsewhere and managed to recruit 7 talented black players from different backgrounds to play with 5 Caucasian college males. Coach Haskin broke the barriers in the NCAA by putting blacks in the starting lineup which was something unheard of at the time because …show more content…
the schools were so segregated that very few or no black college basketball players played at the college level. Despite all the setbacks and racial taunts and attacks made towards the team for finding success, the managed to win the regular season with only 1 loss. Eventually the Texas Miners were able to overcome all the hate and discrimination and manage to beat Kentucky who was coached by Adolph Rupp, in the finals to go on and win the 1966 NCAA championship title. Through this victory, a lot of history was made which lead to changes in the NCAA. One example of this is how coach Rupp decided to recruit the first black player in Kentucky’s history. Another event worth mentioning is the hiring of Tubby Smith in 1997, in which he became the first black head coach in the history of Kentucky. In this film, there were some key historical key concepts observed through some key scenes in the film.
One of the scenes that has a historical concept to some concepts learned during lecture for this course was the scene was when the team was celebrating at a restaurant that was dominantly all whites. One of the players Nevel Shed, was followed into the restroom by 2 racist white individuals who knew they just had beaten their team earlier. They then assaulted him by beating him senseless as a reminder that blacks were not welcomed in town and in the NCAA. The whole team had to flee the restaurant in attempts to calm the situation down and avoid any more conflict. To their surprise they came back to their hotels to see that it was broken into and put a lot of racist threats and to ask them to leave town because they weren’t welcomed there. This was a similar scenario that Jackie Robinson had to endure for joining the Dodgers in 1947. He was the subject of racial taunts and threats for playing in the MLB (major league baseball) …show more content…
(1). Another important key historical concept observed in the film was on the final game of the NCAA final match between the Texas Miners and Kentucky. Coach Haskins received a lot of criticism for playing black players in his team and he overheard some people saying that 5 black players will not be able to beat 5 white males. So, in order to prove the whole world wrong, coach Haskins decided to play just the 7 black players in his team. This was something also never done in the history of the NCAA so coach Haskins broke that barrier. In a shocker, the Western Miners were able to defeat Kentucky in this game to win the championship and made history with that game by being regarded as one the greatest upsets in sports history. This connects similarly for a situation that Jack Johnson (first African American boxing champion) had to endure when the Mann Act of 1912 was passed in order to try to prevent him from boxing. Moreover, it is also it is worth mentioning that this was done in retaliation to him beating Jim Jeffries which was something Americans couldn’t accept that happened (1). Lastly the final historical concept observed was the desegregation of black players in the NCAA was helped immensely by the history made by the Western Miners winning the 1966 NCAA title. This event paved the way for more African Americans to play not only just basketball but all kinds of sports. Today most sports are played by people of all races and skin color and because of this event it changed the way more Americans thought about black people playing professional sports. This event also is connects again to Jackie Robinson he did something similar by winning the most valuable player award in 1949 and inspired more blacks and Hispanics to play professional sports. (1). For this film, I believed a lot of the key historical concepts for well interpreted.
I also noticed how they tied in of how the civil rights movement was something going on at the time. They used elements to let the viewers aware of the events happening at that time. One good example was in one of the scenes where Harry Flournoy found a book Willie Worsley had about Malcolm X. Willy then explained to him how he was involved with supporting and very involved following the Panthers, who were a political group around the time also fighting against racism and racial inequality. I believe the use of that subtle reference helped the viewers understand how harsh it was for young black men growing up around that time. One of the strongest and profound things shown in the film came at the end in the credits were the real former Texan and Kentucky players and coach (Dan Haskins) put in their own thought and feelings and reflected what it was like to be on the side of the black players where they faced adversity hate and discrimination for playing college basketball. Pat Riley which is a former Kentucky player at the time and now famous ex NBA player and now President for the Miami Heat, made an appearance and gave his intake of what it was like to see these events unfold through his perspective and gave praise for what the Texas Miners were able to accomplish historically. In conclusion, I feel overall the film made a big impact on me since I am a basketball fan and a fan of history
especially with history that pertains to racism and discrimination in America. These are things were dealing with today as discrimination and racism is something we still deal with on a daily basis. It is important for us as human beings to learn from our past to be able to progress as humans by learning to coexist with one another, and treat and respect one another more equally.
Glory Road is a 2006 sports film directed by James Gartner starring Josh Lucas and Derek Luke. The film portrays the story of how Don Haskins had the first all black starting lineup in the NCAA and led Texas Western to a national championship. Along the way, the players and Coach Haskins face great adversity throughout the season because of their all black starting lineup. As the season progresses, the threats continuously grow worse and eventually are directed towards the family of Coach Haskins. This problem continues to grow due to the fact that Texas Western’s team gains national recognition not only for being the first with an all black starting lineup, but for making i through the regular season with only a single loss As the movie progress the audience sees one of the players get beaten because of his race. Another scene shows a hotel room that has been completely trashed because it was where the black athletes were staying. I will prove that that this scene where the hotel room is trashed is racist towards the black athletes.
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I can remember one of my old varsity football games playing mostly an all-white team, and my team was dominantly black with 2-3 whites was the worse feeling ever. Although, we beat the team like 52-0 that and took an easy win. That made their fans very mad at us. After the game was over we usually pick where we want to go eat at, but in this case, we had to take our food home on the bus. I had always asked myself why were we treated like that, but I was only a freshmen in high school so I didn’t understand the feeling of hatred by another color. It was later said we weren 't allow to play them anymore because we didn’t respect the house rules of beating a team very bad. It’s just sad that we couldn’t even eat in their town because how bad we beat their football team, but now that I’m older I realized that most team we played never really didn’t like us; because of the black athletes we had on our
This shows us how white people thought of African Americans as inferior, and they just wanted to dominate the society making no place for other races to express themselves. Even though African Americans were citizens of the state of Mississippi they were still discriminated against. This documentary does a great job of showing us the suffering of these people in hopes to remind everyone, especially the government, to not make the same mistakes and discriminate against citizens no matter what their race is because this will only cause a division to our nation when everyone should be
For much of the 20th century, African-American citizens had been disenfranchised throughout the South and the entire United States, they were regarded as inferior second-class citizens. Despite efforts to integrate society, the political and economic systems were meant to continue the cycle of oppression against African-Americans, throughout the south and indirectly yet ever present in the north. These laws of segregation, otherwise known as Jim Crow laws, applied to almost every aspect of southern American society, including sports. During this time period, African-American athletes had to resort to second class organizational leagues to play in, this included the famous baseball player Jackie Robinson. Much of this institutionalized racism is described in John R. M. Wilson’s Jackie Robinson and the American Dilemma.
In an Article about sports and society, Bridget Lockyer discusses the 1950’s onwards, as being a pivotal moment for black Americans. As they were increasingly active in speaking out about the injustice of American society; the segregation of black and white; the discrimination black Americans faced in employment and housing; the disenfranchisement of black people on electoral registers and the widespread violence and prejudice they were forced to endure, (Lockyer, 2009). Before marchers, bus riding freedom riders, boycotters and other protesters began their crusade for freedom, the Jim Crow laws prevented blacks and whites from integrati...
Wiggins, David Kenneth, and Patrick B. Miller. 2003. The unlevel playing field: a documentary history of the African American experience in sport. Urbana: University of Illinois Press
This movie is a wonderful production starting from 1960 and ending in 1969 covering all the different things that occurred during this unbelievable decade. The movie takes place in many different areas starring two main families; a very suburban, white family who were excepting of blacks, and a very positive black family trying to push black rights in Mississippi. The movie portrayed many historical events while also including the families and how the two were intertwined. These families were very different, yet so much alike, they both portrayed what to me the whole ‘message’ of the movie was. Although everyone was so different they all faced such drastic decisions and issues that affected everyone in so many different ways. It wasn’t like one person’s pain was easier to handle than another is that’s like saying Vietnam was harder on those men than on the men that stood for black rights or vice versa, everyone faced these equally hard issues. So it seemed everyone was very emotionally involved. In fact our whole country was very involved in president elections and campaigns against the war, it seemed everyone really cared.
One of the major stands that were made during a black athlete’s tenure during his or her sport were their statements on racism. Racism in America was an ongoing situation in the 1900’s that seemed to have no resolve before black athletes took a stand. One prime example can be Jackie Robinson who became the first African-American athlete to play baseball in the modern era. Jackie grew up in one of the most racist towns in Pasadena, California and came from a poor family as his parents were sharecroppers and...
...ican Americans. They were also among those who were accepted by coaches, but who were despised by others. Some of the details from their biographies are modified or omitted, but this does not contradict the directors’ idea. Moreover, the given scenario is created for the audience to understand the challenges and difficulties that African American athletes had to overcome on the way to their dreams and objectives. Both Robinson and Davis had managed to prove that their talent did not depend on the color of skin or national affiliation. Finally, it is logical that the movie is much more emotional as compared to those facts and narrations because they appeal to the audience’s perceptions and attitudes about the fate of black Americans and their contributions to the American football and baseball. All these challenges, however, triggered the main heroes toward success.
Glory Road is a movie based on a true story in El Paso, Texas around 1966 when Coach Don Haskins broke down the color barrier by bringing seven African American players to play for the Texas Western College basketball team. He went to the college summer league in Kansas City, Kansas to check out players and try to recruit them to come to Texas Western on a full scholarship. The basketball team learned early on about Coach Don Haskins expectations, his ambition, punishments and authority. Out of all the games they played, the team lost one game. While on the road the entire team endured ridicule because of racism and racist remarks. Coach Don was a great motivator and expressed to the team that your dignity is inside you and no one can
Bruce Beresford’s film, Paradise Road, is based on the true historical events that followed the attack of the Vyner Brooke, where the hardships of the circumstances tested the characters in ways that both support and challenge the statement of ‘who we are is truly tested and proven when we encounter conflict’. Conflict is defined as “a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one”, and can be perceived in many ways. How someone perceives conflict is beyond their control, as it may be entirely influenced by others and their actions, their perception
The constant darkness that surrounds the main setting. The heavy anticipation of not knowing what’s going to happen next. The sudden silence that consumes the audience's mind with the feeling that something horrific is about to happen. These are just some of the emotions that might be running through your mind as you sit down to watch the 2011 film Munger Road. This movie centers on the idea of one urban myth, which is that several decades ago, a school bus full of kids was traveling down Munger Road when they attempted to cross a pair of train tracks, but the bus was struck by a train, killing every single child on board. The urban myth then goes that is you put baby powder on your back bumper, drive and stop on the train track, and then
The scholars expounds that Black athletes were commodities on the playing field to help win games and bring in revenue to their respected schools. However, the schools were just as eager and willing to leave their Black players behind and dishonoring the player as a part of the team. Therefore, not compromising the team’s winning and bring in profits for the school. Sadly, Black athletes at predominately White institutions (PWIs) who believed that they were bettering the live of themselves and their families members by going to college and playing collegiate sports to increase their post secondary careers. However, these athletes were only “show ponies” for their schools. Unfortunately, Black athletes had allegiance to their school; however, the school turned their backs on the athletes to protect the profit and notoriety of the school and the programs. Money and respect from White fans and spectators were more important to the PWIs than standing up for the respect of their Black players. Racial bigotry in sports was rampant and it was only going to get worse.
I liked that they touched on race issues in the South during the 1960’s, but also kept in the humor. By having the viewer rooting for these characters from the beginning the film makers could tell the character’s story, and show what they had to live through. For me Octavia Spencer was the shining star of the movie and rightfully deserved her Oscar. The humor she brought to her scenes, and how no matter what life threw at her she stayed positive, and continued to do what she had to. Even with the trouble home life she lived in, and being wrongfully fired and called a thief she did what she had to do to provide for her family. The cast all worked well together overall, and while Ms. Spencer was the stand out, the other actors held their own and really got into their roles. Bryce Dallas Howard played Hilly Holbrook so well you begin the dislike her almost immediately. It is because of how well the cast played their characters that you start to feel like you’re there with them, and to see what everyone went through it disgusts you. To see these amazing women treated differently, and humiliated simply because of their race is terrible. The way the film makers and the cast make you feel this way about the movie is why it is so good. You have a such an emotional connection to these characters that it causes you to laugh, cry, cringe, and feel disgust at the actions taking place on screen. In my opinion that sounds like a great movie that