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SUMMARY:Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport . . . 
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 Samuel G. Freedman, award winning teacher and 
 writer, will share experiences from his newest 
 book, Breaking the Line: The Season in Black 
 College Football That Transformed the Sport 
 and Changed the Course of Civil Rights, which 
 brings to life the historic battle for the 
 1967 black college football championship between 
 Florida A & M University and Grambling 
 College.\n
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 Breaking the Line brings to life 
 the historic battle for the 1967 black college 
 football championship. But the book is about 
 more than a single game, or even about college 
 athletics.   Because it was played at a 
 time of great social and educational unrest 
 in the U.S., with challenges to the mission and 
 organization of education at all levels, including 
 Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
 (HBCUs), the game represents a dramatic 
 moment in our history.  Samuel G. Freedman 
 traces the lives, tribulations , and triumphs 
 of pivotal figures at Florida A and M University 
 and Grambling College (now Grambling University): 
  presidents, football coaches, and 
 star players. We watch the season of 1967 unfold 
 against the backdrop of the increasing 
 role of intercollegiate athletics at HBCUs and 
 the changing racial politics of higher education 
 in the South.  The story culminates in 
 a riveting game reflecting the considerable social 
 and educational tensions that led up to 
 it. The season of 1967 helped compel the segregated 
 colleges of the South to integrate their 
 teams and redefined who could play quarterback 
 in the NFL, and who could be a head coach. 
 Breaking the Line compels us to think about 
 the impact of athletics on higher education, 
 in the particular circumstances of HBCUs four 
 decades ago and, inevitably, in the conditions 
 of higher education today.\n
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 Samuel 
 G. Freedman is an award winning teacher and writer. 
 He is a Professor in the Graduate School 
 of Journalism at Columbia University and the 
 author of several widely admired books on 
 teaching, religion, and American social life. 
 Professor Freedman is now the religion columnist 
 for the New York Times after several years 
 writing its regular education column.\n
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 James 
 Harris, now an executive with the Detroit 
 Lions and who was Grambling College's quarterback 
 in the 1967 black college football championship 
 game against Florida A&M, will 
 also participate in the program.  He is featured 
 in Breaking the Line.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Karla Bellingar\n
 Contact phone: (517) 353-5187\n
 Contact email: haleadm@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:252 Erickson Hall
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