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Men's college athletics and the politics of racial equality : five pioneer stories of Black manliness, White citizenship, and American democracy / Gregory J. Kaliss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaliss, Gregory J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College sports--United States.
- College sports.
- Racism in sports.
- United States.
- Racism in sports--United States.
- Discrimination in sports--United States.
- Discrimination in sports.
- African American athletes.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 236 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.
- Contents:
- 1 "Our Own 'Roby'" and "the Dark Cloud": Paul Robeson at Rutgers, 1915-1919 12
- 2 "Harbingers of Progress" and "the Gold Dust Trio": Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Jackie Robinson, and the 1939 UCLA Football Team 41
- 3 "A First-Class Gentleman" and "That Big N-r": Wilt Chamberlain at the University of Kansas, 1955-1958 74
- 4 "Our Colored Boy" and "Fine Black Athletes": Charlie Scott at the University of North Carolina, 1965-1970 109
- 5 "Those Nigras" and "Men Again": Bear Bryant, John Mitchell, and Wilbur Jackson at the University of Alabama, 1969-1973 138.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781439908563
- 1439908567
- 9781439908587
- 1439908583
- OCLC:
- 759910080
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