[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2284-2285]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               DOCUMENTARY FILM ``UNDEFEATED'' WINS OSCAR

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, this weekend many of us watched the Oscars, 
and among the winners of an Oscar was a documentary film called 
``Undefeated.''
  ``Undefeated'' was about a football team at Manassas High School in 
Memphis, Tennessee, and a gentleman named Bill Courtney, who was a 
volunteer coach there. He went to Manassas

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during their 2009-2010 season to try to help the kids, help them get 
through and have a better life. It's in a tough part of the city--a lot 
of poverty and a lot of one-parent households and a lot of things to 
overcome.
  They had a football player named O.C. Brown, who was an outstanding 
offensive tackle. He got a scholarship eventually, because of this, to 
go to Southern Mississippi. He's a great ball player. Coach Courtney 
worked with him and others to make sure that he got an opportunity to 
advance.
  It's a lot like ``The Blind Side,'' except that it was a story about 
Coach Courtney and O.C. Brown of Manassas. It won an Oscar, and it 
deserved it. It's about people not giving up and making a success of 
things. In just under half a semester, O.C. Brown was able to achieve a 
3.0 grade point average and get that scholarship at Southern 
Mississippi.
  Manassas High School is filled with talented young people. We wish 
them good luck.
  This hat belonged to Isaac Hayes, a proud alumnus of Manassas High 
School.

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