The Golden Age of Black College Football Begins

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-100
Author(s):  
Derrick E. White
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
High Schools ◽  
College Football ◽  
Black College ◽  
Head Coaches ◽  
Brain Surgery ◽  
Student Enrollment ◽  
Athletic Programs ◽  
World War ◽  
Football Coach

The post-World War II period began the highwater mark for Black college football generally and Florida A&M specifically. Gaither returned to coaching in 1945 after brain surgery. FAMU expanded its sporting congregation through the development of a coaching clinic, which began to place alumni as head coaches at a majority Florida’s segregated high schools. The Orange Blossom Classic moved to Miami, becoming the preeminent black college classic. HBCU student enrollment grew rapidly after the war, allowing public HBCUs to displace private HBCUs as the leading athletic programs. Gaither began to emerge as a leading head football coach through the development of his Split Line-T offense and by utilizing changes to college football substitutions rules to create separate “Blood, Sweat, and Tears” units.

scholarly journals Historical vignette

2020 ◽  
pp. 209-212
Author(s):  
Andreea-Anamaria Idu ◽  
Aurel-George Mohan ◽  
Mircea-Vicentiu Saceleanu ◽  
Alexandru-Vlad Ciurea
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Emergency Operation ◽  
World Federation ◽  
Brain Surgery ◽  
World War ◽  
The Press ◽  
The World ◽  
Continuous Activity ◽  
World Premiere ◽  
The Sacrifice

Introduction. Sofia Ionescu-Ogrezeanu (b. April 25, 1920, F?lticeni - d. March 21, 2008, Bucharest), also known as the Lady of Romanian Neurosurgery, became the first woman neurosurgeon in the world after performing a brain surgery during World War II, a fact recognized as a world premiere during the 13th World Congress of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) in Morocco, in 2005. [1] Materials and methods. Sofia Ionescu is the first woman neurosurgeon. She was born on the fields of Bucovina, in F?lticeni, and became part of the "golden team" of the Romanian neurosurgery of the pioneering period. The decisive moment of her career took place in 1944, during the war when she was forced to perform an emergency operation on a child, a victim of the bombing. The article coagulates the reports regarding the description of the first brain surgery performed by the first woman neurosurgeon with the continuous activity integrated with the field of neurosurgery. Both specialized articles, biographical books, and television interviews were used as references. Results. The operation performed in the fifth year of faculty was the first step of a journey of 47 years of neurosurgical career, practised with high morality and devotion. The sacrifice of the pioneer of the first woman neurosurgeon was recognized in the press in the country and abroad, as well as by the recognition of different titles and distinctions.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Derrick E. White
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Historically Black ◽  
College Football ◽  
Black Colleges ◽  
Black College ◽  
Historically Black Colleges ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
History Of ◽  
Black Colleges And Universities ◽  
Dominant Black

This book tells the history of college football at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through the lens of Alonzo “Jake” Gaither’s playing and coaching career. After World War II, Gaither, as a coach, transformed Florida A&M University (FAMU) into the most dominant Black college football program over the next three decades. FAMU’s winning program was buttressed by the development of sporting congregations, a network of athletes, administrators, coaches, sportswriters, and fans that emerged in the first half of the 20th century. Finally, the growth of Black college football reflected a broader tension in African American higher education between integration and self-determination.

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