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‘The KKK tried to burn our house down’: Super Bowl champion shares terrifying childhood story

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Rod Woodson is one of the greatest defensive backs in NFL history, but before he ever made it to the league, he and his family faced plenty of racially charged hatred growing up in Indiana. Woodson, who was raised by a Black father and a white mother, said that some people didn’t accept his family…

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