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Follow Chester! A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

9781580898355

Follow Chester! A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

  • ISBN 13:

    9781580898355

  • ISBN 10:

    1580898351

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 09/17/2019
  • Publisher: Charlesbridge
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Summary

A little-known civil rights hero and college football MVP finally gets a voice in this fictional account detailing Chester Pierce's game-changing role as  the first Black college football player to compete south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

In 1947, no African American player can play at a southern school; in return, the opposing team benches a player of "equal talent." This historical fiction picture book frames a turbulent time in the civil rights era with the clever use of a football play to show race relations and teamwork. Inspired by a true story, capturing a historic defense against the Jim Crow laws of the South.

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