WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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Host William Morris interviews Dr. John McCluskey, a recently retired professor of African-American History and Creative Writing at Indiana University. Dr. McCluskey shares insights from his rich academic past as a writer, author and lecturer, as well as his experiences as the first African-American quarterback at Harvard University. Dr. McCluskey traces his athletic and academic interests back to his hometown of Middletown, Ohio where he was inspired by loving parents, a football coaching legend, and a working-class community that gave him the tools to succeed. We follow him from Ohio to Harvard, where he started two years as quarterback (and, incidentally, beat Yale four years in a row), through his post-Harvard years as he moves from San Francisco to Birmingham, Alabama, experiencing 1960’s America and shaping his teaching career.
