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In Virginia, high school football
is a way of life. It's bigger
than Christmas day. My daddy
coached in Alexandria. He worked so hard,
my mama left him, but I stayed with Coach. He needed me on that field. Up until 1971
in Alexandria, there was no race mixing. Then the school board
forced us to integrate. They combined the white school
and the black school into one called
T. C. Williams High School
is a way of life. It's bigger
than Christmas day. My daddy
coached in Alexandria. He worked so hard,
my mama left him, but I stayed with Coach. He needed me on that field. Up until 1971
in Alexandria, there was no race mixing. Then the school board
forced us to integrate. They combined the white school
and the black school into one called
T. C. Williams High School
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In Virginia,
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high school football
is a way of life.
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It's bigger
than Christmas day.
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My daddy
coached in Alexandria.
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He worked so hard,
my mama left him,
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but I stayed with Coach.
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He needed me on that field.
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Up until 1971
in Alexandria,
00:00:19.727 --> 00:00:21.813
there was no race mixing.
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Then the school board
forced us to integrate.
00:00:23.094 --> 00:00:26.776
They combined the white school
and the black school into one
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called
T. C. Williams High School.
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