Rise of the Black quarterback : what it means for America / Jason Reid.
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Details
- Edition
- First edition.
- Description
- 282 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-276) and index.
- Contents
- The year of the black quarterback -- The first -- The ban -- Reintegration -- The thinking positions -- 1968 -- The Grambling guy -- Jefferson Street Joe and the Pittsburgh Steelers -- Feeling the draft -- The Hall of Famer -- The ultimate weapon -- The 1990s and the road to no. 1 -- Colin Kaepernick -- Kyler Murray -- Lamar Jackson -- Patrick Mahomes.
- Summary
- Chronicles the shameful history of the treatment of Black players in the NFL as well as the breakout careers of a new generation of Black quarterbacks, including Colin Kaepernick, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, and Kyler Murray.
- Subject
- African American football players -- Biography.
- African American football players -- History.
- Quarterbacks (Football) -- United States -- Biography.
- Racism in sports -- United States.
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- ISBN
- 9781368076623 (hardcover)
- 1368076629 (hardcover)