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Game changers : Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the era that transformed a Southern college town / Art Chansky.
Van Pelt Library GV885.43.U54 C425 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chansky, Art, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Basketball--History.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball team)--History.
- North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball team).
- Smith, Dean, 1931-2015.
- Smith, Dean.
- Scott, Charlie, 1948-.
- Scott, Charlie.
- Basketball coaches--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
- Basketball coaches.
- Basketball--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--History.
- Basketball.
- African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Racism in sports--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--History.
- Racism in sports.
- History.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 198 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Among many legendary episodes from the life and career of men's basketball coach Dean Smith, few loom as large as his recruitment of Charlie Scott, the first African American scholarship athlete at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Drawn together by college basketball in a time of momentous change, Smith and Scott helped transform a university, a community, and the racial landscape of sports in the South"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781469630380
- 1469630389
- OCLC:
- 945745466
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