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Host Maya Washington (daughter of NFL Legend Gene Washington) brings inspirational sports stories out of the shadows and into the light. Light & Shadow features meaningful inter-generational conversation inspired by the themes explored in Maya Washington's award-winning sports documentary,Through the Banks of the Red Cedar, about her father and the desegregation of college and professional football. A closed caption version of the show is available on the Through the Banks of the Red Cedar You Tube Channel.

Gene Washington’s football career ended long before his daughter Maya was born. She never saw the legendary powerhouse as anything but her dad. She didn’t yet grasp the impact he’d had on the sport - and on America. To understand his historic role in the integration of college football and fully appreciate his legacy, Maya had a lot of catching up to do. Maya retraces her father’s journey from the segregated south to Michigan State during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement and his journey as an NFL pioneer after the 1967 draft.