Thursday Night Lights

One hundred years from now, will Thursday Night Lights by Michael Hurd be read?  Debates can happen but this is a book that will be read one hundred years from now.  Thursday Night Lights is a non fiction book describing the history of black high school football in Texas and some of the experiences from players themselves who played, some of which would end up in the nfl.  One of the main reasons as to why Thursday Nigh Lights will be read is that it can help people understand racism in the 1900s.  One of the players recounts of the players recounts of his experience of being homeless in the 1950s.  He describes of how a white family would help him get to games during football season, but when that ended, they dis regarded him for the rest of the year.  As time has moved forward, racism has gotten less frequent and it will continue to do so one hundred years from now, that said, it might be hard to comprehend or to understand what racism is when it isn't and will not be that frequent.  Therefore, by having a book to read about that topic, that is when someone can get a better understanding of what racism is and was.   Aside from racism but on a similar topic are Jim Crow laws which were laws that segregated whites from coloreds.  The book gives a detailed description of the Jim Crow laws and it helps to further to understand some of the instances that the book talks about.  Also, to gain more of an understanding of racism, one should understand what the Jim Crow laws were and how they had an influence on racism.  Aside from race, people who have a high interest in football might care to see how the nfl may have came a long.  While the book discuses high school some of the players like Cliff Branch or Warren Moon, it does discus their experiences and how this affected the in nfl and how they got were they needed to be athletically in order to play in the nfl.  All in all, the sport of football might not be popular one hundred years from now but the topics of racism are parts of human history that will never be erased and this book has first hand accounts from athletic perspectives.