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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786603603321

Autore

Hall Eric Allen

Titolo

Arthur Ashe : tennis and justice in the Civil Rights era / / Eric Allen Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4214-1395-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Disciplina

796.342092

Soggetti

Tennis players - United States

African American tennis players

Civil rights - United States

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Richmond""; ""2 UCLA""; ""3 An Emerging Activist""; ""4 Bright Lights and Civil Rights""; ""5 Tennis Wars""; ""6 Defeat and Victory in South Africa""; ""7 Transitions""; ""8 The Comeback""; ""9 Triumph and Tragedy""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Essay on Sources""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""