Remember the Titans Remember the Titans was based on a true story. Back in 1971‚ the high schools in Alexandria‚ Virginia were forced to integrate an all-black and all-white school into T.C. Williams High School. A young black coach‚ Herman Boone who was new to the community was then hired to replace Bill Yoast‚ as the head coach of that school. At first Coach Yoast wanted to pursue his opportunities elsewhere‚ but in the end he changed his mind and stayed to be Coach Boone’s assistant after his
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of African American coach who gets assigned to racially integrated high school football team in Alexandria‚ Virginia during 1970s. The story depicts the clear benefits of merging cultures (two races in this case)‚ group cohesiveness and effective leadership‚ which results in The Titans becoming the champions of the league. It also shows the hardships that the process of integration of two cultures can bring and is a good example of effectively managing diversity in an organization. Diversity in general
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Coach Boone is constantly a source of leadership for his players and eventually the entire community. There are many times when power come into play both on and off the field. Some examples of this power that is demonstrated in the movie are referent power‚ coercive power‚ need for power (both personalized and socialized)‚ legitimate power and reward power. These leadership concepts are constant through the movie as well as in specific clips. Referent power is crucial for Coach Boone to run his
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life story of Coach Herman Boone. Mr. Washington portrays an African-American man who is the newly appointed head football coach of T.C. Williams High School‚ during the first year of school desegregation in Alexandria‚ Virginia in the early 1970’s (Social Movement). This was to be the first desegregated school in the region. At that time‚ this was a very controversial hiring because he was given the head coaching position because he was “the only black head coach”. Coach Boone was hired over a very
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Remember The Titans tells the remarkable‚ inspiring true story about a football team from Virginia‚ asunder by racial prejudices‚ and who they obtain the unification and win the championship. The year is 1971‚ and a young black man‚ newcomer‚ named Herman Boon is hired as the head football coach at the town’s high school. Consequently‚ displacing out a white man‚ Bill Yoast‚ who had been the head coach for a long time with extraordinary performance. As America struggles through the growing pains of
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particular time‚ the 1970’s. Coach Boone and Coach Yoast are also inspirational characters because‚ even though Coach Yoast did not agree with Coach Boone and his actions from the start‚ they showcase their friendship and teamwork through out the movie and become close friends. In 1971 in Alexandria Virgina‚ at the desegregated T. C. Williams High School‚ African American head coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) is hired to lead the school’s football team. Coach Boone takes the coaching position
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Texts are universal as they can be used to teach us about life and its issues. This concept is conveyed distinctly in the prescribed text ‘Remember the Titans’. Directed by Boaz Yakin‚ ‘RTT’ is based on the true story of an African American coach Herman Boone as he tries to introduce a racially diverse football team to T.C Williams High School‚ Alexandria set in 1971. The historical context indicates that the main adversity faced was the racial conflict between white Americans and African Americans
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familiar with the characters. Herman Boone is the African American coach hired to take over for the current coach‚ Bill Yoast. When Boone accepted the position he offered Yoast a position as an assistant coach. Yoast turns the offer down but later reconsider as his white players threatened to boycott the program if he wasn’t part of it. He later accepts a position as defensive coordinator in fear that students could potentially lose their athletic scholarships. Both Coach Boone and coach Yoast face discrimination
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Remember the Titans is a movie that strongly depicts leadership‚ thus showing a leader in action. This movie displays how a group of football players can bring a town to realize that someone should not be judged by the color of their skin. With the help of Coach Boone‚ played by Denzel Washington‚ a group of high school boys turn from enemies to great friends. This movie displayed a very captivating act of how America’s past is a vital time in our history and must never be forgotten. At the beginning
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the Whites together‚ so they start up a school for both Blacks and Whites. A new coach for the Titans is hired‚ the coach’s name is Boone. Boone is a Black man. Boone is the one man that can influence many others. The Titans are the first team to have Blacks and Whites playing together‚ even though they are very
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