The strange career of the Black athlete [electronic resource] : African Americans and sports / Russell T. Wigginton ; forward [sic] by Benjamin L. Hooks.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2006.Description: xvi, 123 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 796.089/96073 22
LOC classification:
  • GV583 .W547 2006eb
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Contents:
Can they really play? African American participation in "white" sports -- Heroes or villains? the categorization of African-American star athletes, 1892-1946 -- When the rooster crows : African American athletes in the struggle for civil rights, 1954-1968 -- The rules have changed but the game is still the same : black athletes' achievements in the civil rights era and beyond -- She's done more for her country than what the U.S. could have paid her for : African American women and sports.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-116) and index.

Can they really play? African American participation in "white" sports -- Heroes or villains? the categorization of African-American star athletes, 1892-1946 -- When the rooster crows : African American athletes in the struggle for civil rights, 1954-1968 -- The rules have changed but the game is still the same : black athletes' achievements in the civil rights era and beyond -- She's done more for her country than what the U.S. could have paid her for : African American women and sports.

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