Mississippi's Uncovered Glory        

Mississippi’s Uncovered Glory tells the story about the unity of black and white team members working together to create a powerful bond of achievement.  This story talks about a talented high school quarterback in the state of Mississippi that wanted to challenge the face of college football in the SEC (Southeastern Athletic Conference) by being the first black quarterback to play at Ole Miss.  Mississippi’s Uncovered Glory dispels some of the negative perceptions of how black families lived in Mississippi during the late 1960s and early 1970s, exposing to all a unique high school football team from the mid 1970s.  This book highlights the entire year of that history setting season.  This book also highlights a number of players from that 1975 team along with the honors and scholarships they received at the end of that year.  In this book, Mississippi’s Uncovered Glory is defined by Coach Odell Jenkins through a candid conversation between him and Jerome Gentry.  This story is also about brotherhood by the mere fact that there were four sets of brothers on that team and how one set of brothers became the offensive and defensive anchors for that 1975 championship team.