Director: James Gartner

Writers: Chris Cleveland; Bettina Gilois

Keywords: Drama, Basketball

Sports drama tells the tale of the first all-black starting lineup to appear in NCAA college basketball's national championship game.

ABSTRACT
Don Haskins, coach of Texas Western University's Fighting Miners college basketball team, made waves when he recruited a majority-black squad -- featuring an all-black starting lineup -- for the 1965-66 season. The Fighting Miners, noted for their flamboyant showmanship on the court and refusal to bow to the Jim Crow-era pressures of the time, faced immense scrutiny and ridicule over the course of their historic season; against all odds, Haskins led the underdog Fighting Miners to an appearance in the national championship game against hegemonic Kentucky, a story dramatized for the silver screen in Glory Road.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tatyana Ali	Actor	24-Jan-1979		The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Mehcad Brooks	Actor	25-Oct-1980		Terrence King on Necessary Roughness
Emily Deschanel	Actor	11-Oct-1976		Temperance Brennan on Bones
Don Haskins	Basketball	14-Mar-1930	7-Sep-2008	UTEP Head Basketball Coach, 1961-99
Josh Lucas	Actor	20-Jun-1971		Wonderland
Derek Luke	Actor	24-Apr-1974		Antwone Fisher
Alphonso McAuley	Actor	21-Apr-1984		Cash Sparks on Breaking In
Austin Nichols	Actor	24-Apr-1980		John from Cincinnati
Pat Riley	Basketball	20-Mar-1945		Miami Heat Head Coach, 2005-08
Jon Voight	Actor	29-Dec-1938		Midnight Cowboy
Red West	Actor	8-Mar-1936	18-Jul-2017	Baa Baa Black Sheep

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