Leveling the Playing Field – The Story of the Syracuse 8 Marc Paperback

Leveling the Playing FieldThe Story of the Syracuse 8\nAuthor(s): David Marc\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Syracuse University Press, United States\nImprint: Syracuse University Press\nISBN-13: 9780815611615, 978-0815611615\nSynopsis\nLeveling the Playing Field tells the story of the African American members of the [tel] Syracuse University football team who petitioned for racial equality on their team. The petition had four demands: access to the same academic tutoring made available to their white teammates; better medical care for all team members; starting assignments based on merit rather than race; and a discernible effort to racially integrate the coaching staff, which had been all white since 1898. \n\n The players charges of racial disparity were fiercely contested by many of the white players on the team, and the debate spilled into the newspapers and drew protests from around the country. Mistakenly called the \""Syracuse 8\"" by media reports in the 1970s, the nine players.