Blazing Trails by Thom Loverro
Blazing Trails chronicles John Mackey's life as a lightning rod for attention throughout the 1960s. Mackey refused to remain silent on any topic he felt strongly about--especially anything dealing with justice. As one of Baltimore's first famous African Americans, he fought for racial and battled for legal equality for pro football players of all color as the first president of the newly merged NFL and AFL National Football Players Associations. More than affecting the freedom of his football-playing brethren, Mackey was a major factor in using his sports fame to change the world around. What Muhammad Ali was to boxing, Arthur Ashe was to tennis, and Bill Russell was to basketball, John Mackey was to football: an African-American star who proved that the world, and not just sports, was going to become a better, more colorful place.
Thom Loverro is a sports columnist for the Washington Times. His feature articles have appeared in Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sport magazine, and others. He has been a guest on a number of television programs on HBO, ESPN, and many network affiliates.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781572435384 |
| ISBN 10 | 1572435380 |
| Title | Blazing Trails |
| Author | Thom Loverro |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Triumph Books |
| Year published | 2003-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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