1905-1956

"The powers-that-be in auto racing in the 1920s, namely the American Automobile Association's Contest Board, barred everyone who wasn't a white male from the sport. Dewey Gatson, a black man who went by the name Rajo Jack, broke into the epicenter of racing in California, refusing to let the pervasive racism of his day stop him from competing against entire fields of white drivers. Though Rajo Jack spent his whole life striving to reach the pinnacle of the sport, the Indianapolis 500, the greatest race in the world wouldn't have him"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the life of trumpeter and Big Band leader Tommy Dorsey, discussing his childhood in Pennsylvania, the development of his musical career, his partnership with his brother, his marriages, and his death.