In the first half of the twentieth century, Jack Trice, Ozzie
Simmons, and Johnny Bright played college football for three Iowa
institutions: Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and
Drake University, respectively. At a time when the overwhelming
majority of their opponents and teammates were white, the three
men, all Black, sustained serious injuries on the gridiron due to
foul play, either because of their talents, their race, or, most
likely, an ugly combination of the two. Moments of Impact tells
their stories and examines how the local communities of which they
were once a part have forgotten and remembered those assaults over
time. Of particular interest are the ways those memories have been
expressed in a number of commemorations, including a stadium name,
a trophy, and the dedication of a football field. Jaime Schultz
focuses on the historical and racial circumstances of the careers
of Trice, Simmons, and Bright as well as the processes and politics
of cultural memory. Schultz develops the concept of "racialized
memory"-a communal form of remembering imbued with racial
significance-to suggest that the racial politics of contemporary
America have generated a need to redress historical wrongs,
congratulate Americans on the ostensible racial progress they have
made, and divert attention from the unrelenting persistence of
structural and ideological racism.
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