Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas
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University of Texas Press, 2017.
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Michael Hurd., & Michael Hurd|AUTHOR. (2017). Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas . University of Texas Press.

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Michael Hurd and Michael Hurd|AUTHOR. 2017. Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas. University of Texas Press.

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Michael Hurd and Michael Hurd|AUTHOR. Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas University of Texas Press, 2017.

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    [synopsis] => The history of black high school football in segregated Texas: "Though this book is long overdue, it is also right on time." ?Texas Observer 



 At a time when "Friday night lights" shone only on white high school football games, African American teams across Texas burned up the gridiron on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Temple Dunbar, Austin Anderson, and other segregated high schools in the Prairie View Interscholastic League-the African American counterpart of the University Interscholastic League, which excluded black schools from membership until 1967-created an exciting brand of football that produced hundreds of outstanding players, many of whom became college All-Americans, All-Pros, and Pro Football Hall of Famers, including NFL greats such as "Mean" Joe Green, Otis Taylor, Dick "Night Train" Lane, Ken Houston, and Bubba Smith.



Thursday Night Lights tells the inspiring, largely unknown story of African American high school football in Texas. Drawing on interviews, newspaper stories, and memorabilia, Michael Hurd introduces the players, coaches, schools, and towns where African Americans built powerhouse football programs under the PVIL leadership. He covers fifty years of history, including championship seasons and legendary rivalries such as the annual Turkey Day Classic game between Houston schools Jack Yates and Phillis Wheatley, which drew standing-room-only crowds of up to 40,000. In telling this story, Hurd explains why the PVIL was necessary, traces its development, and shows how football offered a potent source of pride and ambition in the black community, helping black kids succeed both athletically and educationally in a racist society.



 "[A] groundbreaking book." -Houston Chronicle



 "In America's current Colin Kaepernick-inspired moment, with sports once again taking on a conspicuous role in debates about black citizenship and the persistence of white racism, this book is especially timely and important." -Great Plains Quarterly
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