Will the FIRST: The saga of sports/civil-rights pioneer Will Robinson

by John Telford

William Joseph "Will" Robinson, who in 1943 at the age of 32 became the first African-American coach in the Detroit Public School system (as well as in any school in the entire state of Michigan) was unquestionably a rare and audacious visionary. He always intuitively envisioned the total scenario, and that keen intuitive acuity enabled him to give wise counsel to either a youngster or a peer, or to evaluate an athlete's potential in the arena, or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515029441
• ISBN13: 9781515029441
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"