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After Alexandria high schools integrated, upperclassmen attended T. C. Williams High School in 1971. The movie portrayed the Titans’ success that season amid the city’s racial tensions, as they won the Virginia AAA state championship.
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Campbell talked to fellow teammates about how they could come together, taking it upon himself to “rebuild race relations,” Boone said.
“It was Julius who came up with the saying that our team is a team of one group of people with ‘one vision.’ And in order to win we must have ‘one heartbeat,’” he said.
Campbell went to Ferrum Junior College with plans to transfer to a major program, but his athletic career was ended by an ankle injury that never properly healed, and he returned to Alexandria to care for his aging father.
He worked for animal control departments in Alexandria and Prince George’s County, Maryland. Later, Campbell spoke about the team’s journey to overcome racial barriers and about bullying, but health problems forced him to stop.