{"product_id":"mississippi-escape-the-team-that-changed-america-paperback","title":"Mississippi Escape!: The Team that Changed America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Balfour\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidnight, March 12, 1963.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMississippi State's president crouched low in the passenger seat, heading for the Alabama state line to escape from an injunction to keep the team home. In a second car, the athletic director and the basketball coach were fleeing for Tennessee. A team of decoys was heading to the airport the next morning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll this for a little ol' ballgame? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are those who call this \"little ol' ballgame\" the greatest victory for equality since Jackie Robinson joined the major leagues. Mississippi State's dramatic escape marked the end of the \"Unwritten Law\" and a profound change in what segregationists called \"the Southern way of life.\" Right away, all major Southern universities began to actively recruit black athletes. This book is an eyewitness account of how a quiet-spoken university president defied the nation's most racist governor by engineering his team's escape from Mississippi to play in an integrated NCAA tournament, a move that would shatter segregation forever.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52547890315571,"sku":"9798707254352","price":27.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Rk1DQnRBTzRVUnNtRlNoanlVeDk0QT09.webp?v=1761019310","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/mississippi-escape-the-team-that-changed-america-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}