ABC News’ Deborah Roberts reports on the celebration in her hometown of Perry, Georgia, of a football championship overlooked for 50 years.
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"LONG, LONG OVERDUE TO GET RECOGNIZE FOR GREATNESS,' AND EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK A LONG TIME, "I AM TRULY HAPPY FOR ALL OF YOU"!! "YOU ALL HAVE GREATNESS AND ROYALTY IN YOU"!!🌄ðŸÂ¡ðŸÂ˜ï¸Â🌇ðŸÂ ðŸ“ºðŸ“½ï¸Â🎥📻📚📰🗞ï¸Â📒📑ðŸÂˆðŸÂˆðŸÂˆðŸÂˆðŸÂˆðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‰ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…ðŸÂ…🎖ï¸Â💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜
I was transplanted from PA to Perry in '79, attended Perry High for two years. Never heard a thing about this. Now, for the first time, I'm experiencing something I can only call "Perry pride."
Champs!🖤ðŸ™ÂðŸÂ½
Make this into a movie
Congratulations team you finally get your just due.God Bless!
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Makes me sick that they had to wait 50 freakin years!! Feel good story now.
Yay!!! Congratulations champs 🙂
Triggered PINK people and so called fake Native Americans in the comments😂😂
Here, the reporting of overdue justice of black players not receiving championship rings…BUT look at the mascot. Now, all of a sudden…they have no problem with using Native American imagery for sporting purposes. NATIVE lives matter!
All the way from NY…. I’m so sorry it took so long. Congratulations boys!! You’ve earned it!!! God Bless
Racism needs to end!
Man black people couldnt have nothing back then ….. I bet they couldnt even have a headache
White people just have so much hate but Kama going to get them.To those men congrats about time much love.
It’s simply shameful it took so long for this to happen! It made me sad, happy, and angry all at the same time… ðŸ’â€Ã°Å¸â€™â€Ã°Å¸â€™â€
The white man will try to satisfy us with symbolic victories rather than economic equity and real justice.
-Malcolm X
So because of their segregated success, the reward is Integration? Only for recognition?
Not sure how I feel about their old team name / logo.
Black lives matter
Ring around somebody eye for denying these men their credit
History shall be your brothers keeper…the truth has set that city free and the desires of the players and race has been brought to Light and life… now let the healing begin…for every person of color who steps up to his dream and goal please…above all else remember this…IMMANUEL HALLELUJAH AMEN
Never Give Up!!! Congrats to that team!!!!!
Kill the police
Awesome, story.
In the midst of such bad news, this is awesome. I lived in Houston County and I never knew it was a Houston High. I hope they do make it a movieðŸ˜Å
Keep pushing those stories. We don't have them all. Push push push!
But not in the city of GRAHAM, NC.
Good for them. It’s so sad the awful, racist, discriminatory actions taken against Black people all over this country. Every family has a tale of woe.
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