NFL 360 video of documentary on Jimmy Raye

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report Click below to watch the film on Jimmy Raye's ground-breaking careers as a Black quarterback at Michigan State and Black coach in college and the NFL. NFL 360: Black History Month Special | THE INDELIBLE LEGACY OF JIMMY RAYE Fantastic job by the NFL360 crew. The host is NFL veterans Jason McCourtney, the narrator NFL veteran Emmanuel Sanders. The producer/director Osahon Tongo, a former Georgia Tech football player. -30- I invite you to…

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NFL 360 uses historic train to tell Jimmy Raye’s Underground Railroad journey on NFL Network

PHOTO: Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report Click here for a 30-second trailer on the documentary. By TOM SHANAHAN CANDOR, N.C. – Jimmy Raye’s pioneering story began with Michigan State’s Underground Railroad, departing segregated Fayetteville, N.C., in 1964. His journey crossed the Mason Dixon Line. It carried him on to ground-breaking playing and coaching careers in college and the NFL. Seven decades later, telling his story includes historic restored train cars found in a small…

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