Race and Football in America - by Dawn Knight (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>As the first African American player to be drafted by the NFL and 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.</p><br/><p></p><i><br/><p>Race and Football in America</i> 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.</p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>A good, readable, and generally engaging descriptive history of an athlete who worked for social justice.</p></p>-- "Choice (reviewing a previous edition)"<br><br><p>The book's many anecdotes from Taliaferro's life are entertaining, revealing his feelings and courage while making the focus on football more approachable and personal.</p>-- "Foreword Reviews"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p></p>
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