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Dawn Knight is an English teacher at Westfield High School in Westfield, IN, where she lives on a small horse farm with her husband and three kids. Knight met Taliaferro when she took his social work class at Indiana University. Later, having heard Taliaferro's story of breaking racial barriers both on and off the football field, as a star on Indiana University's undefeated 1945 football team and as the first black man drafted by an NFL team, she knew his story had to be told.
List of contents
Foreword by Delise S. O'Meally
Foreword by Bob Kravitz
Foreword by Tony Dungy
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. October 2005: Trick or Treat
2. 1944-1945: Taliaferro's Football Roots
3. 1945-1946: Adjusting to Life at Indiana University
4. 1945-1946: Indiana University Football
5. 1946-1947: Army Days
6. 1947: A Volatile Time for Professional Football
7. 1947-1949: Back at Indiana University
8. 1949-1955: Integrating Professional Football
9. 1955-Present: Life After Football
10. 1949-Present: Integration of the NFL
11. 2016-Present: The New Trailblazers
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Dawn Knight
Summary
Race and Football in America provides an insightful portrait of race in America through the story of legendary football player George Taliaferro and other athletes of color, as they confront discrimination and fight for change.
