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The powers-that-be in 1920s auto racing, namely the American Automobile Association’s Contest Board, barred everyone who wasn’t a white male from the sport. But Dewey Gatson, a black man who went by the name Rajo Jack, drove into the center of “outlaw” auto racing in California, refusing to let the pervasive racism of his day stop him from competing against entire fields of white drivers. In The Brown Bullet, journalist Bill Poehler uncovers the life of a long-forgotten trailblazer and the great lengths he took to even get on the track, showing ultimately how Rajo Jack proved to a generation that a black man could compete with some of the greatest white drivers of his era, winning some of the biggest races of the day.

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"Poehler has done a fine job of researching the life of Rajo Jack, relating his determination and poise in the face of discrimination." - Library Journal
"This excellent, very important book tells an inspirational tale." Hemmings

The Brown Bullet: Rajo Jack's Drive to Integrate

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      Publisher Chicago Review Press
      Published 5 May 2020
      ISBN-13 9781641602297
      978-1641602297
      ISBN-10 1641602295
      Also in:
      Biography: sport Social discrimination and social justice Motor sports

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The powers-that-be in 1920s auto racing, namely the American Automobile Association’s Contest Board, barred everyone who wasn’t a white male from the sport. But Dewey Gatson, a black man who went by the name Rajo Jack, drove into the center of “outlaw” auto racing in California, refusing to let the pervasive racism of his day stop him from competing against entire fields of white drivers. In The Brown Bullet, journalist Bill Poehler uncovers the life of a long-forgotten trailblazer and the great lengths he took to even get on the track, showing ultimately how Rajo Jack proved to a generation that a black man could compete with some of the greatest white drivers of his era, winning some of the biggest races of the day.

      Trade Review
      "Poehler has done a fine job of researching the life of Rajo Jack, relating his determination and poise in the face of discrimination." - Library Journal
      "This excellent, very important book tells an inspirational tale." Hemmings

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