![]() ![]() ![]() After adopting Boobie, he swore to give the boy a chance at life through football.įlash forward to the present, where the Panthers play a scrimmage against the Palo Duro High School Dons. saw a chance to help his nephew after the boy spent a childhood at the whim of the state's Department of Human Resources. He grew up watching white boys play football on nice fields with nice equipment, while the physically superior black boys were reduced to punting worn-out balls on a dusty road. ![]() remains both physically and emotionally scarred by racism. Having grown up in Crane's ‘Niggertown’, which was actually separated by a concrete wall, L.V. Miles was raised in Crane, Texas, a small town, which was segregated like most Texas towns. Instead, Booby looks over the glossy pictures from his numerous collegiate suitors.īissinger briefly provides a history of Boobie and his uncle. He saunters into remedial English class, flashing a smile at his teacher who knows better than to ask Boobie to open a book. Despite being almost illiterate, he walks the halls of Permian High with his hands full of letters from college recruiters promising him a straight line to the N.F.L.įeelings of invincibility run through his veins. Boobie Miles seemingly has it made, lauded as the ultimate athlete throughout Odessa. ![]()
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