Blood, Sweat, and Tears : Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football /

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"Blood, sweat, and tears explores the legacy of black college football, taking as its central figure one of the most successful coaches in its history, Jake Gaither. A paradoxical figure, he was leader of the most feared and respected black college football program in the country, and yet many...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: White, Derrick E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gaither, Jake, > 1903-1994.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University > Football.
Football > Social aspects.
Football coaches.
Football.
College sports.
HISTORY > African American.
Universites noires americaines > Sports.
College sports > United States > History > 20th century.
Football > Social aspects > United States.
African American universities and colleges > Sports.
Football coaches > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Blood, sweat, and tears explores the legacy of black college football, taking as its central figure one of the most successful coaches in its history, Jake Gaither. A paradoxical figure, he was leader of the most feared and respected black college football program in the country, and yet many questioned his racial loyalties during the height of the civil rights movement ... a ... story of black college football that complicates the heroic narrative of integration and grapples with the complexities and contradictions of one of the most important sources of pride of black life in the twentieth century"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9781469652467

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