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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Derrick E White |
ISBN: | 9781469652443 1469652447 |
OCLC Number: | 1121488711 |
Description: | 303 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 25 cm |
Contents: | The color line of scrimmage and sporting congregations -- Florida A et M develops a sporting congregation -- A double-v campaign on the field and off -- The golden age of black college football begins -- Championships and civil rights -- Black gold -- Desegregation, decline, and black power -- Jake Gaither's last season and the end of an era -- Chasing ghosts: HBCU football at the end of the century. |
Other Titles: | Blood, sweat, and tears |
Responsibility: | Derrick E. White. |
Abstract:
Explores the legacy of Black college football, with Florida A&M's Jake Gaither as its central character, one of the most successful coaches in its history. A paradoxical figure, Gaither led one of the most respected Black college football programs, yet many questioned his loyalties during the height of the civil rights movement.
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