A former defensive end took a historic stand.
took a look back at the courageous moment former San Diego Chargers defensive end Earl Faison, a five-time AFL All-Star and five-time All-AFL team honor, opted to boycott the 1965 All-Star Game in New Orleans.
Faison couldn't get a cab out of the airport, though all his white All-Star teammates did. He was also mistaken for his All-Star teammate Ernie Ladd, which resulted in further disrespect. "They said, 'What are you talking about? You're playing James Brown music, but you won't let Black people in?' And then the bouncer pulled a gun on them," Tobias said."They get directions and they start walking back to the hotel," Sapp said. "It was on that walk back to the Roosevelt Hotel that those three Chargers players decide that they're not staying. They weren't going to take this and they were not going to play.
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