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Author:

Reid, Jason, author.

Title:

Rise of the Black quarterback : what it means for America / Jason Reid.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Andscape,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African American football players--Biography.
African American football players--History.
Quarterbacks (Football)--Biography.
Racism in sports .

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1368076629
9781368076623

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1336963759

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SNPC104 -- Fairbank Public Library (Fairbank) — SNPC104

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)