Rise of the Black quarterback : what it means for America
(2022)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
796.332092/REID,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Los Angeles : Andscape, 2022
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781368076623, 1368076629 :, 1368076629, 9781368076623
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
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