Original sentence: In 1970 after losing to an exceptional University of Southern California team 42-21 - whose star running back, Sam "Bam" Cunningham, was a young African American from Mobile, Alabama - Bryant is said to have gone to the governor of Alabama personally, as the university's athletic director, to request a change in policy with regard to the granting of athletic scholarships to blacks, which was granted
Edited sentence: In 1970 after losing to an exceptional University of Southern California team 42-21 - whose star running back, Sam "Bam" Cunningham, was a young African American from Mobile, Alabama - Despite his known racism, Bryant is said to have gone to the governor of Alabama personally, as the university's athletic director, to request a change in policy with regard to the granting of athletic scholarships to blacks, which was granted