Summary Of Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness By Tandy Gerald

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Martin Luther King Jr. once said “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”This riveting true story of courage, strength and football at the height of racial tension tells the story of coach Tandy Gerald's, his running back Tony Nathan, and a high school football game threat healed a city. Woodlawn was written by Todd Gerald's, son of Tandy Gerald's the coach of Birmingham high school, and is a Christian sports book genre. The three main characters are Tony Nathan a black football player, Coach Tandy Gerald's and Hank Erwin a unofficial religious speaker. The book is based on a true story. The setting of the story is I'm Birmingham Alabama, the most segregated city in the United Sates, in the 1970s during the Jesus revolution. These three events helped this football team, this city, and state.
Tony Nathan and some other black students joined the football team and they would be beaten up like a punching bag because of there skin color. Then Hank Erwin an official religious speaker asked coach Gerald's if he could speak to his players. Coach Gerald's agreed and gave him 5 minutes to talk to his players which turned into an hour speech. At the end of the speech all white and black players United in prayer.Because of the speech and the teams racial differences set apart and started Tony Nathan at Tailback against one of the best teams.As a team they beat one of the best teams in Alabama 35 to 12 with young black star Tony Nathan. Victor Rodriguez once said “We need to unite. Our race is anyone helping our cause, whether they be white, black, and any religion.” This quote says that race doesn't matter if your both looking for the same thing like coach Gerald's putting in Tony Nathan even if he's black. He put him in because he's on the team and the team is searching for a win even if he's

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