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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 |
Pubblicazione: | Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2006 |
London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024 | |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (142 p.) |
Disciplina: | 796.089/96073 |
Soggetto topico: | African American athletes - History |
Sports - United States - History | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The strange career of the Black athlete |
ISBN: | 979-82-16-01950-3 |
1-282-53503-X | |
9786612535031 | |
0-313-08622-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813950503321 |
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