Meet the
Author Series at Paragraphs
Saturday
Nov 7th 1-3 PM
Book
signing, discussion and reception with author, Robert Jacobus
We are especially pleased to welcome Robert Jacobus to Paragraphs to sign this book which tells the story of Houston Cougars coach Guy Lewis -- father of local South Padre Island businessman and legend Vern Lewis.
On
January 20th, 1968, the University of Houston Cougar basketball team
upset the UCLA Bruins, ending a 47 game winning streak. Billed as the “Game of the Century,” the
defeat of the UCLA hoopsters was witnessed by 52,693 fans and a national
television audience – the first-ever regular-season broadcast nationally.
But the game would never
have happened if Houston coach Guy Lewis had not recruited two young black men
from Louisiana in 1964: Don Chaney and Elvin Hayes. Despite facing some resistance in Houston and
also on the road in East Texas junior college gyms their freshman season, by
their senior campaign of 1967-68 Chaney and Hayes led the Cougars to a 32 game
winning streak and to the second of two visits to the Final Four.
Similarly, in Cougar
football coach Bill Yeoman integrated his program in 1964 with the nation’s top
recruit, running back Warren McVea of San Antonio. Throughout his Cougar career, McVea, and
later his other black teammates, integrated college football venues throughout
the South.
Houston
Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the
Century, features the first-person accounts of the players, the
coaches and others involved in the integration of intercollegiate athletics not
just in Houston, but also in the South as a whole.
Houston
Cougars in the 1960s tells the gripping story of the courageous players,
visionary coaches, and the committed supporters who blazed a trail not only for
athletic success but also racial equality in 1960s America.
Robert Jacobus – Recently
retired from teaching history and coaching volleyball, basketball, and tennis
in Texas public schools, his last 10 years were spent teaching dual credit US
History through Wharton County Junior College at Foster High School in
Richmond, Texas. He currently teaches
history at Lone Star College in Katy, Texas.
He resides in New Territory in Sugar Land.
This
event is free and open to the public.
Paragraphs On Padre Boulevard, 5505 Padre Blvd. South Padre
Island, TX
For information call us at 956-433-5057
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