{"product_id":"breaking-the-line-9781439189788","title":"Breaking the Line","description":"\u003cb\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\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 segre-gated 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel G. Freedman is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of six acclaimed books, four of which have been \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Books of the Year. Freedman also has written frequently for \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Jerusalem Post, Tablet, The Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, and Salon.com. He lives in Manhattan with his fiance and his children\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50465944142098,"sku":"9781439189788","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7b90ddc1-83ee-4609-8ac8-e9198efdd4cf.jpg?v=1730114734","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/breaking-the-line-9781439189788","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}