{"product_id":"breaking-the-line-book-samuel-g-freedman-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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50374455820561,"sku":"CIN1439189781VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51026252595473,"sku":"NIN9781439189788","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53008625631505,"sku":"CIN1439189781A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1439189781.jpg?v=1751306028","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/breaking-the-line-book-samuel-g-freedman-9781439189788","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}