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Breaking the line : the season in Black college football that transformed the sport and changed the course of civil rights /

Looks at the 1967 football season leading up to that year's black college championship between Grambling College and Florida A&M, and how it fit into the civil rights struggles of the time.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Freedman, Samuel G.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, [2013]
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Football > United States > History. College sports > United States > History. African American football players > Biography. Discrimination in sports > United States > History.

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