{"product_id":"9781439189788","title":"Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003e1967. Two rival football teams. Two legendary coaches. Two talented quarterbacks. Together they broke the color line, revolutionized college sports, and transformed the NFL. Freedman’s dramatic account, highly praised as a contributing part of the movement and a riveting sports story, is now available in paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn September 1967, after three years of landmark civil rights laws and three months of devastating urban riots, the football season began at Louisiana’s Grambling College and Florida A\u0026amp;M. The teams were led by two extraordinary coaches, Eddie Robinson and Jake Gaither, and they featured the best quarterbacks ever at each school, James Harris and Ken Riley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreaking the Line\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the historic saga of the battle for the 1967 black college championship, culminating in a riveting, excruciatingly close contest. Samuel G. Freedman traces the rise of these four leaders and their teammates as they storm through the season. Together they helped compel the segre­gated colleges of the South to integrate their teams and redefined who could play quarterback in the NFL, who could be a head coach, and who could run a franchise as general manager.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Line\u003c\/i\u003e, Freedman brilliantly tells this suspenseful story of character and talent as he takes us from locker room to state capitol, from embattled campus to packed stadium. He captures a pivotal time in American sport and society, filling a missing and crucial chapter in the movement for civil rights.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50079027921136,"sku":"9781439189788","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439189788","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}