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In Black America is a long-running, nationally-syndicated program dedicated to all facets of the African-American experience. Host John L. Hanson profiles a diverse selection of current and historically significant figures whose stories help illuminate life in Black America.

The making of the first Black quarterback with Dr. Louis Moore – Part I

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Courtesy of Louis Moore
Louis Moore is the author of The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and The Making of the Black Quarterback.

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Louis Moore, professor of history at Grand Valley State University, historian, co-host of the Black Athlete Podcast, and author of ‘The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and The Making of the Black Quarterback.’

In 1979, it was still a foreign concept that African American men could be the field generals, - two African American players changed that notion: the Chicago Bears’ Vince Evans, the fastest quarterback in the league, and Doug Williams, a man with the best arm in the game - who won a Super Bowl and played for several teams before becoming a coach.

John L. Hanson is the producer and host of the nationally syndicated radio series In Black America. It’s heard on home station KUT at 10 p.m. Tuesdays and 6:30 a.m. Sundays — and weekly on close to 20 stations across the country. The weekly podcast of IBA, the only nationally broadcast Black-oriented public affairs radio program, is one of KUT’s most popular podcasts.
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