02794nam 2200733 a 450 991095492810332120200520144314.0979821601950397866125350319781282535039128253503X9780313086229031308622210.5040/9798216019503(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(Perlego)4171238(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.9780275982232 0275982238 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 Thomas1798129DLCDLCBAKERC#PYDXCPOCLCQDLCBOOK9910954928103321The strange career of the Black athlete4340748UNINA