WE'LL TELL YOU WHY AND HOW
THEY'LL MAKE HISTORY COMING UP
LATER IN THE SHOW.
I THINK BAGPIPES ARE GOOD
LUCK.
EAGLES FANS GETTING READY
FOR THE GAME TONIGHT HOLDING
WATCH PARTIES ACROSS THE
TRIANGLE.
THERE IS ONE GAME NO ONE SAW
OR HEARD ABOUT WHEN IT
HAPPENED.
DERRICK LEWIS IS LIVE IN DURHAM
WITH MORE ON THE SECRET GAME.
Reporter: MARIUS, ANGELA,
YOU COULDN'T IMAGINE THIS SCENE
35 YEARS AGO.
BEER, TELEVISION SCREENS AND
FANS PREPARING FOR A BIG GAME.
75 YEARS AGO THAT HAPPENED WHEN
NCC AND DUKE PLAYED EACH OTHER
AND THE OM ONES THERE WERE THE
PLAYERS AND THE COACHES.
SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1944.
THE SECRET GAME.
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL AGAINST
DUKE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUIET
GAMES.
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WHITE
PEOPLE COULD NOT PLAY TOGETHER
SO PLAYER, COACHES AND
EVERYBODY A REPORTER KEPT ATE
SECRET.
THERE WAS A MODEL COMMUNITY
OF RACE RELATIONS BUT DURHAM
WAS LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE.
Reporter: DUKE PLAYERS DROVE
TO NCC AND PLAYED HERE.
THE GAME STARTED AROUND 11:00
A.M.
SUNDAY MORNING WHILE MOST WERE
AT CHURCH IN CONCLUDE POLICE
OFFICERS.
THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS
HELD ABOUT WHO HAD THE BEST
TEAM.
Reporter: NCCU WON THE
GAME.
NOW THEY COULD BE MEETING UP
AGAIN AS PART OF THE NCAA
TOURNAMENT.
IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
MOST ELECTRIFYING MOMENTS OF
THIS UNIVERSITY AND THIS CITY
AND STATE.
Reporter: NOW IF NCCU WIN
TONIGHT THEY'LL PLAY DUKE THIS
FRIDAY.
