The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback

by Louis Moore

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541705092
• ISBN13: 9781541705098
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 320 Pages