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Follow Chester! : a college football team fights racism and makes history
- Title
- Follow Chester! : a college football team fights racism and makes history / Gloria Respress-Churchwell ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
- Author
- Respress-Churchwell, Gloria
- Publication
- Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc F 19-406 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Description
- 1 volume : 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
- Subject
- Pierce, Chester M. > Biography
- Pierce, Chester M
- Harvard University > Football > History
- Harvard University
- Football players > United States > Biography
- Psychiatrists > United States > Biography
- College sports > United States > History
- College sports > Social aspects > United States
- Racism in sports > United States > History
- Discrimination in sports > United States > History
- College sports
- College sports > Social aspects
- Discrimination in sports
- Football
- Football players
- Psychiatrists
- Racism in sports
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Picture books.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- Sc F 19-406
- ISBN
- 9781580898355
- 1580898351
- LCCN
- 2018037908
- OCLC
- 1079400937
- Author
- Respress-Churchwell, Gloria, author.
- Title
- Follow Chester! : a college football team fights racism and makes history / Gloria Respress-Churchwell ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
- Publisher
- Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 19-406