BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo is celebrating its football history and fandom Friday with a special evening honoring the 1964 and 1965 AFL Champion Buffalo Bills.

The event kicks off at 5 p.m. at the historic Rockpile gates at 1100 Jefferson Ave., where a permanent bronze plaque will be unveiled commemorating the back-to-back championship teams. Following the dedication, a roundtable discussion begins at 6 p.m. in the Johnny B. Wiley Pavilion, where surviving team members will discuss their experiences as Black and white teammates during the civil rights era.

Filmmaker Scott Rubin, co-director, writer, and star of Unbillievable! The Movie, said the roundtable and celebration are long overdue.

“They took a stand, the Black players and then the white players said, you know what, you’re r

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