Williamsburg Regional Library

Tigerland, 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing, Wil Haygood

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Tigerland

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Wil Haygood

1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing

The inspiring story of baseball and basketball teams from a poor, black, segregated high school in Ohio, who win the Ohio state baseball and basketball championships in the same year. 1968-1969. Across the US, race relations are frayed; race riots proliferate. But in Columbus, Ohio, the Tigers of segregated East High School win the baseball and basketball championships, defeating bigger, richer, whiter teams across the state. Haygood takes us into the personal lives of the local heroes, and puts the Tigers' story in the context of the racially charged late 1960s. The result is both an inspiring sports story and a singularly illuminating social history. -- adapted from publisher info

Prologue: 1968, Reverend King passed this way -- Down to the river -- Eddie Rat meets the Afro-wearing Bo-Pete -- The house that Jack built -- Momentum -- Keeping food in the pantry -- So many dreams in the segregated city -- Panthers and Tigers, oh my -- The church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached -- St. John Arena -- The ballad of Jackie Robinson -- Twilight at Harley Field -- Robert Duncan and Richard Nixon's America -- The catcher in the storm -- Ghosts of the blue birds -- Off into the world -- Blood in Ohio -- Sins laid bare -- Epilogue: Still standing

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