Summary Of Remember The Titans: Interpersonal Relations

Nickesha Douglas

Jacqueline A. Byrnes

Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

October 24, 2015

Remember the Titans: Interpersonal Relations

In 1971, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that ended all state enforced segregation in public schools. During this same year T. C. Williams High

School, located in Alexandria, Virginia was integrated. This is the inspiration for the movie

Remember the Titans, starring Denzel Washington who portrays Herman Boone, the head

Coach of the football team, the Titans. Even during the difficult time of integration people can put aside their differences and work together as a team.

List of main characters

Herman Boone Head Coach

Bill Yoast Assistant Head Coach

Julius Campbell Black Team Captain

He was later appointed head Coach over a winning white coach; he is reluctant to accept the position because a similar situation happened to him when a white Coach had been appointed over him in South Carolina. He finally accepts the head coach position with Support from the black residents who see him as a symbol of pride and admiration that is absent in their community.

The film starts with an uprising after a white storeowner kills a black teenager. This incident Highlights Prejudices. The teenager was labeled a thief because of the color of his skin and the unjustifiable murder causes racial tensions that exist as a result of the integration of the high schools.

Boone has a very tough exterior, had a difficult childhood, and is a seasoned

Civil rights activist. His upbringing and early struggles influence his behavior and his leadership style. When Boone first meets the Titan coaching staff, he knows that he is not wanted. He is pushed, but he does not push back. Managing Anger. He remains polite, respectful, and diplomatic. He makes clear that his agenda was winning football

The two men have to work as one put aside their pride to accept help from each other implementing Conflict Management/Strategies to set an example for the players under their charge.

Coach Yoast’ realizes that his team is being set up to fail by the Betrayal of the governing body which plots with the officials of the game to take points away from the Titans to prevent them from winning the game which would reflect badly on Coach Boone so that he will lose his job. Coach Yoast does not go along with their plot which costs him his Hall of Fame designation.

Coach Yoast established an understanding of the dynamics of teamwork and issues of race. Throughout training camp when the athletes were forced to run and re-run drills, he allows Bertier and another teammate to work through their differences rather than getting involved himself. This allowed Bertier, a white player, the chance to show Social Support for his black teammates and improve trust on the