Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That

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Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights

1967. Two rival football teams. Two legendary coaches. Two talented quarterbacks. Together they broke the color line, revolutionized college sports, and transformed the NFL. Freedmanâ€™s dramatic account, highly praised as a contributing part of the movement and a riveting sports story, is now available in paperback.

In September 1967, after three years of landmark civil rights laws and three months of devastating urban riots, the football season began at Louisianaâ€™s Grambling College and Florida A&M. The teams were led by two extraordinary coaches, Eddie Robinson and Jake Gaither, and they featured the best quarterbacks ever at each school, James Harris and Ken Riley.

Breaking the Line brings to life the historic saga of the battle for the 1967 black college championship, culminating in a riveting, excruciatingly close contest. Samuel G. Freedman traces the rise of these four leaders and their teammates as they storm through the season. Together they helped compel the segreÂgated colleges of the South to integrate their teams and redefined who could play quarterback in the NFL, who could be a head coach, and who could run a franchise as general manager.

In Breaking the Line, Freedman brilliantly tells this suspenseful story of character and talent as he takes us from locker room to state capitol, from embattled campus to packed stadium. He captures a pivotal time in American sport and society, filling a missing and crucial chapter in the movement for civil rights.

Country	USA
Author	Samuel G. Freedman
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781439189795
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfPages	336
PublicationDate	2013-08-13
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2013-08-13
Studio	Simon & Schuster

Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights

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