Race and Football in America (eBook)
304 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-1-68435-067-4 (ISBN)
1) New and expanded version of original Taliaferro book that was released in 2007. Profiles IU football player who was first African-American drafted in the NFL and first African-American to play quarterback in the league.
2) Author has expanded book with Taliaferros impact on race and sports as a whole and with stories of other athletes of color from the integration of the NFL to today.
3) Has strong current event ties to current NFL protests and shows that athletes have used their standing to fight for change since the beginning.
The "e;beautifully written"e; biography of the first African American player to be drafted by the NFL, "e;a must read for any sports fan"e; (Warren Rogan, host of the podcast Sports' Forgotten Heroes).As the first African American to play quarterback, George Taliaferro was a trailblazer whose athletic prowess earned him accolades throughout his football career. Instrumental in leading Indiana University to an undefeated season and undisputed Big Ten championship in 1945, Taliaferro was a star when many major universities had no black players on their rosters and others were stacking black players behind white starters. George Taliaferro would later rack up impressive statistics while playing professionally for the New York Yanks, Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts, and Philadelphia Eagles. His athletic prowess did little to prevent him from facing segregation and discrimination on a daily basis, but his popularity as an athlete also gave him a platform. Playing professionally gave Taliaferro more opportunity to use football to fight oppression and to interact with other important trailblazers, like Joe Louis, Nat King Cole, Muhammad Ali, and Congressman John Lewis.Race and Football in America tells Taliaferro's story and profiles the experiences of other athletes of color who were recognized for their athleticism yet oppressed for their skin color, as they fought (and continue to fight) for equal rights and opportunities. Together these stories provide an insightful portrait of race in America."e;A portrait of a young man who overcame the obstacles of racism, the military draft, and the death of his father. His vehicle for climbing over obstacles was athletic prowess and inner strength."e; -Jim Baumgartner, College Football Hall of Fame
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Dawn Knight is an English teacher at Westfield High School in Westfield, IN, where she lives on a small horse farm with her husband and three kids. Knight met Taliaferro when she took his social work class at Indiana University. Later, having heard Taliaferro's story of breaking racial barriers both on and off the football field, as a star on Indiana University's undefeated 1945 football team and as the first black man drafted by an NFL team, she knew his story had to be told.
Foreword by Delise S. O'Meally
Foreword by Bob Kravitz
Foreword by Tony Dungy
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. October 2005: Trick or Treat
2. 1944-1945: Taliaferro's Football Roots
3. 1945-1946: Adjusting to Life at Indiana University
4. 1945-1946: Indiana University Football
5. 1946-1947: Army Days
6. 1947: A Volatile Time for Professional Football
7. 1947-1949: Back at Indiana University
8. 1949-1955: Integrating Professional Football
9. 1955-Present: Life After Football
10. 1949-Present: Integration of the NFL
11. 2016-Present: The New Trailblazers
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2019 |
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Zusatzinfo | 57 b&w |
Verlagsort | Bloomington |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 150 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Schlagworte | AA • activism • African American • Black • Dungy • Football • Indiana University • Inspirational • Integration • NFL • Race • racial • Racism • Role model • social activist • sports biography • taliaferro |
ISBN-10 | 1-68435-067-0 / 1684350670 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-68435-067-4 / 9781684350674 |
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