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Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

This is for all the marbles. This couldn't be any bigger if it wasa Larry Holmes-Mike...

This is for all the marbles. This couldn't be any bigger if it was
a Larry Holmes-Mike Tyson fight

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This is for all the marbles.
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This couldn't be any bigger
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if it was a Larry Holmes-Mike Tyson fight.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
57
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:33
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary
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An in-depth profile of the life and career of Willy T. Ribbs - the controversial Black driver who shattered the color barrier of professional auto-racing and became the first Black qualifier in the storied history of the Indy 500.
450 horsepower Willy T. Ribbs. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:22
450 horsepower Willy T. Ribbs.
Great move by Willy. And he did it. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:40
Great move by Willy. And he did it.
We won the Manufacturers Championship. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:28
We won the Manufacturers Championship.
Very few drivers had rides - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
Very few drivers had rides
You had to find money. You had to find the sponsors. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
You had to find money. You had to find the sponsors.
You need a patron, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:11
You need a patron,
He said, "Bill Cosby called for you." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:13
He said, "Bill Cosby called for you."
He's the most famous man in America. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
He's the most famous man in America.
The Cosby Show had been - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
The Cosby Show had been
Remember this was over 20 years before anyone learned - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
Remember this was over 20 years before anyone learned
Two days later, I was in Vegas. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:10
Two days later, I was in Vegas.
"What do you want to do?" I said, "I wanna go to Indy - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:33
"What do you want to do?" I said, "I wanna go...
Cosby was the spokesperson for Coca-Cola. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
Cosby was the spokesperson for Coca-Cola.
Cosby goes down there personally, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:09
Cosby goes down there personally,
In reality, they're not interested - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:11
In reality, they're not interested
He had Kodak. It took a few years. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:09
He had Kodak. It took a few years.
Willy always worked hard at his career. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
Willy always worked hard at his career.
He worked hard to meet people and try to build his packages. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
He worked hard to meet people and try to build his packages.
To bring people in. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:07
To bring people in.
There was a guy by the name of Derrick Walker. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
There was a guy by the name of Derrick Walker.