He Refused to Play for the NFL's Most Racist Owner — JFK Shook His Hand Instead

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  @CNUntoldStory · 2 months ago · pinned

  Ernie Davis died in 1963 at age 23, having never played a single NFL down. Both houses of Congress rose to honor him. If you knew this story before today, tell us how you first heard it — and if you didn't, that's exactly why this channel exists.

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• ER

  @ericwilliam1280 · 2 months ago

  Rest in peace Ernie Davis.

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  @donhaney9847 · 2 months ago

  I was in high school when he died. I remembered that he died young, but I didn't know all of these details. Thanks for posting the background to the Davis story!

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  @TSC-hr7ir · 2 months ago

  RIP Ernie Davis<br>Loved and Not Forgotten 🌹

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  @thomasjohnson4667 · 2 months ago

  His impact is so very important and will live forever. &nbsp;Rest In Peace Mr. Ernie Davis, one of the greatest to ever run the football

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  @esaaecha · 2 months ago

  .... i have never heard that story before, &nbsp;and it has moved me greatly. <br> &nbsp;I am proud to be an American like Mr. Ernie Davis. <br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 🏈

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  @DenardTyson · 2 months ago

  Great story that&apos;s part of our history that is slip under the covers not to be heard, this is a dam SHAME of our history.

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• BI

  @billcain9249 · 2 months ago (edited)

  When I was younger in the early &apos;60s, I read a sports magazine that told me the story of Ernie Davis

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• KA

  @kathyhuse9743 · 2 months ago

  George Preston Maeshall was a horrible person

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  @crichtonleprechaun5222 · 2 months ago (edited)

  This is the &nbsp;type of systemic racism that is practiced,defended, and supported to this very day by our nation. &nbsp;<br>That&apos;s the reason why the United States in NOT a Christian nation and it is why we never really get ahead.<br>Want America to be great? &nbsp;Change your hearts and your practices.<br>Go and develop some integrity, grow a backbone, and acquire some morals.

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  @2BESTdogBLUE · 2 months ago (edited)

  WHAT AN AMAZING STORY, ABOUT AN AMAZING YOUNG BLACK FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO SADLY NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO EVEN PLAY IN A GAME! I &nbsp;subscribed to this channel, because these are just the kind of STORIES that I want to LEARN about!💯❤️

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  @markfishman6495 · 2 months ago

  ERNIE DAVIS VERY SPECIAL YOUNG MAN.

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