Black and Blue- The Story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward and the 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech Football Game

It was one of the crucial disgraceful incidents in College of Michigan soccer historical past, and in the end, one of the crucial inspiring. This movie tells the long-forgotten story of the 1934 recreation between The College of Michigan and Georgia Tech. When the Yellow Jackets agreed that season to return to Ann Arbor, Michigan for a recreation, they insisted on one situation – Michigan needed to sit out the lone African-American participant on the group, a gifted finish from Detroit named Willis Ward. A lot of Ward s teammates have been outraged when athletic officers at The College of Michigan agreed to the demand. Probably the most outraged Wolverine was Ward s roommate, a lineman from Grand Rapids named Gerald Ford. Ford threatened to give up the group in response to Ward s benching – and altered his thoughts solely after Ward satisfied him that he needed to play. The incident additionally galvanized the Michigan scholar physique and Ann Arbor neighborhood, which held loud and vocal protests towards the choice to maintain Ward out of the sport. In the long run, the Ward incident helped The College of Michigan flip an essential nook in race relations, and made an affect on Gerald Ford that stayed with him all the way in which to the White Home. When Ford handed away in 2006, President George W. Bush referenced the Willis Ward incident in his eulogy.
MPAA score ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Steerage Prompt)
Package deal Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.48 x 5.39 x 0.59 inches; 3.35 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Brian Kruger
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 57 minutes
Launch date ‏ : ‎ November 3, 2011
Actors ‏ : ‎ John U. Bacon, Steve Ford, Greg Dooley, Tyran Steward, Richard Norton Smith
Studio ‏ : ‎ Stunt3 Multimedia
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00641KQ1C
Writers ‏ : ‎ Buddy Moorehouse
Variety of discs ‏ : ‎ 1