albany movement, that were -- and grade grady caldwell's own family, and larry west, his family, ronnie nelson. these were guys whose families, whose mothers understood that if you can integrate that football team and not have white fans on one side and black fans on the other side in this big stadium we have, if you could integrate that team, then you could further integration in this community. >> was there a lot of pushback or tension from the community when grady played on his first football game? >> there was pushback from his own white teammates. and then i recorded their interviews in this book. and they later regretted that. and they later in the same season, they later realized that grady caldwell was a fellow with strong character. and they went on on to recognize that. so there was early push, early resistance, yes. and harold dean cooke, the albany coach at that period who just recently passed away, made a point. at the cafeteria on campus, he would sit by grady. and all the other white players would not accept him early on, but the coach did that. and the other thing coach cooke d