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ESPN Radio Interview with Jeremy Schaap

December 1, 2017

I wrote an article on Frank Dowsing, the first African American football player at Mississippi State University, who had become a “hidden figure” after a highly successful career in Starkville. Jeremy Schaap from ESPN Radio’s “The Sporting Life” had me on his show to discuss the surprising reasons why Dowsing had become a forgotten legend.

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  • “In a magnificently reported, nuanced
    but raw account of basketball and racism in the South during the 1960s, Andrew Maraniss tells the story of Perry Wallace’s struggle, loneliness, perseverance and eventual self-realization. A rare story about physical and intellectual courage that is both shocking and triumphant. ”

    Bob Woodward, Washington Post associate editor and author

Watch Andrew Maraniss talk about his inspiration to write Strong Inside, featuring archival footage of Perry Wallace in action.
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