Racing While Black: How an African-American Stock Car Team Made Its Mark on NASCAR - Hardcover

Miller, Leonard T.

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ISBN 10: 1583228969 ISBN 13: 9781583228968

Verlag: Seven Stories Press, 2010

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"We discover in Leonard T. Miller's moving memoir, "Racing While Black," that socially, the Millers were notches above the other drivers... Although Miller and his father were anomalies, they loved stock cars as much as the next good ol' boy. "Auto racing is in my blood," writes Miller, who graduated from Morehouse College and is a commercial airline pilot. "I was drawn to the ear-piercing clamor, the cottony trains of exhaust, and the smell of rubber being singed by the asphalt...".I loved the overall story. Despite it all, Miller has written a generous book."-"Washington Post"

..". There's one major difference between NASCAR and the rest of America's pastimes: a startling lack of racial diversity. Leonard T. Miller's book explains why...Miller and Simon give you a firsthand account of all the wins and losses that come with creating a racing team, along with the extreme prejudices that minorities must overcome just to make it to the track."-"The Complex"

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Follows the achievements of the black-owned NASCAR Miller Racing team and their efforts to promote black drivers.

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• Verlag: Seven Stories Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1583228969
• ISBN 13: 9781583228968
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336