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Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football (2008)

Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football (2008)

Documentary
Release Date: 2008, December 16
Directors: William C. Rhoden
Countries: United States of America
Production: HBO Documentary Films, HBO, HBO Sports
Cast: Liev Schreiber

Overview:

Focusing on football programs in the Southeastern, Southwest and Atlantic Coast Conferences, Breaking The Huddle: The Integration of College Football chronicles the heyday of football programs at historically black colleges and universities, and explores the profound effect of the Civil Rights movement of the '60s on the racial status quo of college athletics. The story culminates with the Sept. 1970 game played in Birmingham between the University of Southern California, and the University of Alabama.