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The Rise of the Black Quarterback
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English - September 09, 2022 00:49 - 7 minutes - 6.77 MB - ★★★★ - 711 ratingsDaily News News Politics news politics radio national takeaway wnyc Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We speak with Jason Reid, Senior NFL Writer at ESPN about his new book “Rise of the Black Quarterback: What It Means for America.” In 2019, Jason started writing about the emergence of Black quarterbacks, and the record year for Black play-callers in the NFL’s history.
His new book expands on that series of articles lays out the history of how integral Black players were in creating a professional football league, the racism those players faced, and the slow progress of Black players in the NFL.