Follow Chester! : a college football team fights racism and makes history
Publication Information
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019]
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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 play as he became 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."--Amazon.com
Subjects
- Football players > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Psychiatrists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- College sports > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
- College sports > Social aspects > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Racism in sports > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
- Discrimination in sports > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
- Harvard University > Football > History > Juvenile literature.
- Pierce, Chester M. > Juvenile literature.