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Follow Chester! : a college football team fights racism and makes history

by Respress-Churchwell, Gloria,

Format: Print Book 2019
Availability: Available at 9 Libraries 9 of 12 copies

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Summary
A little-known civil rights hero and college football MVP finally gets a voice in this fictional account detailing Chester Pierce's game-changing role as the first Black college football player to compete south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

In 1947, no African American player can play at a southern school; in return, the opposing team benches a player of "equal talent." This historical fiction picture book frames a turbulent time in the civil rights era with the clever use of a football play to show race relations and teamwork. Inspired by a true story, capturing a historic defense against the Jim Crow laws of the South.
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Chester Pierce, who grew up in a small New York town and became his high school's first Black senior-class president, later played football on Harvard's varsity team. In 1947, they boarded a bus for a game at the University of Virginia, a state where Jim Crow laws were in force. To resist discrimination, they agreed on a strategy they called Follow Chester. When Chester was allowed to enter a restaurant only through the back door, they all trooped in after him. Chester and his teammates made history by taking a stand together. Where he was denied a hotel room, they all refused to stay. First introducing Chester as a boy, this picture book will easily draw primary-grade children into this story of courage, teamwork, and resisting injustice. The text reads aloud smoothly, and the beautifully composed, richly colored digital illustrations show up well from a distance. While the football angle will appeal to sports fans, this handsome picture book primarily offers young children an accessible introduction to the struggle for civil rights in mid-twentieth-century America.--Carolyn Phelan Copyright 2010 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Additional Information
Subjects Pierce, Chester M. -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Pierce, Chester M. -- Biography.
Harvard University -- Football -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Harvard University -- Football -- History.
Football players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Psychiatrists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
College sports -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
College sports -- Social aspects -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Racism in sports -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Football players.
Psychiatrists.
African Americans -- Biography.
College sports -- History.
College sports -- Social aspects.
Racism in sports -- History.
Discrimination in sports -- History.
Biographies.
Publisher Watertown, MA :Charlesbridge,2019
Contributors Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
Language English
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography Notes Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 9781580898355
1580898351
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