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The Great Black Hope - Louis Moore

The Great Black Hope

Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback

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Buch | Hardcover
304 Seiten
2024
PublicAffairs,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-5417-0509-8 (ISBN)
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From a leading scholar of sports and race, a story of two pioneering Black quarterbacks--one who became the first to win a Super Bowl, and one who couldn't make it in the racist world of the NFL.

There is no position in pro sports more recognizable, lucrative, and important than NFL quarterback. But while the league itself has always been integrated, quarterbacking was the exclusive domain of white players for many years. When Doug Williams and Vince Evans arrived in the league in the late 1970s, Black players were often dismissed as lacking the intelligence and leadership skills of a QB. They got death threats, faced racist questions, and knew that a single mistake could end their careers at any moment.

In this book, Grand Valley State professor Louis Moore tells the twin stories of Vince Evans--the electrifying player who should have succeeded, but could not overcome his numerous obstacles--and of Doug Williams--the star of the Washington Redskins, and the first Black quarterback to become a champion. He shows how easily Williams' triumphant story could have gone wrong, becoming another tale of supreme talent that the world only got to glimpse, and how his success changed the game and the country.

A skillful blend of game-time drama and social commentary, this book captures one of the unheralded heroes of the NFL, and all that he meant, both on the field and off.

Louis Moore is a historian of African American history and sports history. He has appeared in media outlets including USA Today, Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Time, NPR, CNN, Huffington Post, Deadspin, and Rolling Stone. His research was cited in Brian Flores' landmark lawsuit accusing the NFL of racial discrimination, and he has appeared live on CNN, MSNBC, BBC Sports, and Canadian Television to discuss issues involving the Black athlete. He also appeared in Vice Sports' documentary "The Fear of the Black Quarterback." He has written two audible lecture series for the Great Courses/Wondrium: African American Athletes Who Made History and A Pastime of their Own: The Story of Negro League Baseball. Finally, he has published two academic books: I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915, and We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality.

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 238 mm
Gewicht 480 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Ballsport
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 1-5417-0509-2 / 1541705092
ISBN-13 978-1-5417-0509-8 / 9781541705098
Zustand Neuware
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