Leadership In The Film 'Remember The Titans' By Coach Boone

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"Remember the Titans" showed you how rough things were in this time. Also how so many people weren't accepted and how difficult it was to be black. They faced so much hate that it seemed like it would've been almost impossible to live a normal life. This movie also shows you the struggles you have to go through to get to victory and success, and how true friendship could form if you just give others a chance. In the film "Remember the Titans", Coach Boone showed great deals of leadership. By the end of the movie, I believe he had the most impact on all of the boys life. When he became the coach, it was an especially hard time to be positive because all of the hate going on, and the discrimination against black people. He never gave up on his

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