02408nam 22005654a 450 991078192310332120240123203740.01-282-53503-X97866125350310-313-08622-2(CKB)1000000000487739(EBL)497547(OCoLC)143283098(SSID)ssj0000251904(PQKBManifestationID)11206776(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251904(PQKBWorkID)10175101(PQKB)11182524(MiAaPQ)EBC497547(Au-PeEL)EBL497547(CaPaEBR)ebr10373234(CaONFJC)MIL253503(EXLCZ)99100000000048773920060223d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe strange career of the Black athlete[electronic resource] African Americans and sports /Russell T. Wigginton ; forward [sic] by Benjamin L. HooksWestport, Conn. Praeger20061 online resource (142 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-98223-8 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.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.African American athletesHistorySportsUnited StatesHistoryAfrican American athletesHistory.SportsHistory.796.089/96073Wigginton Russell Thomas1516072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781923103321The strange career of the Black athlete3752301UNINA