Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Woodlawn: One Hope One Dream One Way ISBN13:9781501118067ISBN10:1501118064Author:Gerelds, Todd (Author), Schlabach, Mark (With), Bowden, Bobby (Foreword by)Description:This Riveting True Story Of Courage, Strength, And Football At The Height Of Racial Tension In Birmingham, Alabama, Inspired The Motion Picture Woodlawn, And Tells The Story Of Coach Tandy Gerelds, His Running Back Tony Nathan, And A High School Football Game That Healed A City Woodlawn Is Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture Starring Jon Voight, Nic Bishop, And C Thomas Howell In The Midst Of Violent, Impassioned Racial Tensions In Birmingham, Alabama, New Football Coach, Tandy Gerelds, Was Struggling To Create A Winning Football Team At Woodlawn High School--One Of The Last Schools In Birmingham To Integrate The Team He Was Handed Did Not Have The Caliber Of Players He Needed To Win--Until He Saw Tony Nathan Run But Tony Was African American And Coach Gerelds Knew That Putting Him In As Running Back Would Be Like Drawing A Target On His Own Back And The Back Of His Soon-To-Be Star Player But Coach Gerelds Saw Something In Tony, And He Knew That His Decision To Let Him Play Was About More Than Football It Was About Doing What Was Right For The School And The City And Soon, The Only Place In The City Where Blacks And Whites Got Along Was On Coach Gerelds's Football Team With The Help Of A New School Chaplain, Tony Learned To Look Beyond Himself And Realized That There Was More At Stake Than Winning A Game In 1974, Coach Gerelds's Interracial Team Made Alabama History Drawing 42,000 Fans Into The Stadium To Watch Them Play It Was This Game That Triggered The Unity And Support Of The Woodlawn High School Colonels And That Finally Allowed A City To Heal And Taught Its Citizens How To Love Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:HOWARD PUB CO INCPublication Date:2015-09-15Weight:0.45 lbsDimensions:0.8'' H x 8.2'' L x 5.4'' WNumber of Pages:208Language:English
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Book Title: Woodlawn : One Hope. One DREAM. One Way
Item Length: 8.4in.
Item Height: 0.6in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Todd Gerelds
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Religious, Football, Sports
Publisher: Howard Books
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Item Weight: 7.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages