02683nam 2200685 a 450 991081395050332120240506033920.0979-82-16-01950-31-282-53503-X97866125350310-313-08622-210.5040/9798216019503(CKB)1000000000487739(EBL)497547(OCoLC)143283098(SSID)ssj0000251904(PQKBManifestationID)11206776(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251904(PQKBWorkID)10175101(PQKB)11182524(Au-PeEL)EBL497547(CaPaEBR)ebr10373234(CaONFJC)MIL253503(MiAaPQ)EBC497547(OCoLC)64335938(DLC)BP9798216019503BC(EXLCZ)99100000000048773920060223d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe strange career of the Black athlete African Americans and sports /Russell T. Wigginton ; forward [sic] by Benjamin L. Hooks1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2006.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 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 Thomas1652007DLCDLCBAKERC#PYDXCPOCLCQDLCBOOK9910813950503321The strange career of the Black athlete4002344UNINA