United in Rivalry: Richmond's Armstrong-Maggie Walker Classic
Around Richmond, it s simply known as 'the Classic.' From 1938 to 1978, Armstrong High and Maggie L. Walker High, the only two all-black high schools within the city limits, converged on the gridiron each Thanksgiving weekend as spirited rivals. Each year more and more people packed the old City Stadium, sometimes as many as thirty thousand, sometimes too many to count. They cheered as the players fought for field position, pride and bragging rights, and when the game was over, they fought for equality in the face of segregation, prejudice and Jim Crow justice. Enjoy a view from the press box as Richmond sports historian Michael Whitt offers…
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- ISBN: 978-1-59629-654-1
- EAN: 9781596296541
- Produktnummer: 5473003
- Verlag: History Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 142 S.
- Masse: H22.6 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.0 cm 249 g
- Gewicht: 249
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