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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813950503321

Autore

Wigginton Russell Thomas

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2006

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-82-16-01950-3

1-282-53503-X

9786612535031

0-313-08622-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Disciplina

796.089/96073

Soggetti

African American athletes - History

Sports - United States - History

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 (p. [115]-116) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Shows how sports have at times challenged racial mores yet at other times reinforced the status quo in this revealing historical group portrait of Black athletes.