One Night, Two Teams

In sweltering heat of September of 1970, the USC Trojans and the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide played a game that defined the emancipation of the South from its sordid history of racial segregation. When USC's black running back Sam The Bam Cunningham ran roughshod all over the all-white Crimson Tide, more than a football game was won.

By Steven Travers