Derrick E White
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"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...