The Rise of The Black Quarterback and What It Means For America: A conversation with Jason Reid, a senior NFL Writer for ESPN’s Andscape Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Episode 230 of the Sports Media Podcast features Andscape senior NFL Writer Jason Reid. His new book is the “Rise of the Black Quarterback: What it means for America.” In this podcast, Reid discusses the black quarterbacks of the 1960s and 1970s in the AFL and NFL and what they experienced; the hate mail players such as James Harris had to deal with; the positional segregation regarding Black athletes when it came to the quarterback position; the anonymous scout quotes that exist today; the modern Black quarterbacks including Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murray; the importance of Doug Williams and Randall Cunningham historically; the impact of  writing about Colin Kaepernick; whether young Black quarterbacks would up to play for HBCU’s and much more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more.

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