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Separate games : African American sport behind the walls of segregation / edited by David K. Wiggins and Ryan A. Swanson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sport, culture & society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American athletes--Arkansas--History.
- African American athletes.
- Discrimination in sports--Arkansas--History.
- Discrimination in sports.
- History.
- Arkansas.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville : Univ of Arkansas Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- I Teams
- 1 Cuban Giants: Black Baseball's Early Sports Stars / Leslie Heaphy Heaphy, Leslie 3
- 2 Smilin' Bob Douglas and the Renaissance Big Five / Susan J. Rayl Rayl, Susan J. 19
- 3 The Philadelphia Tribune Newsgirls: African American Women's Basketball at Its Best / J. Thomas Jable Jable, J. Thomas 37
- 4 The Tennessee State Tigerbelles: Cold Warriors of the Track / Carroll Van West West, Carroll Van 61
- II Events
- 5 The National Interscholastic Basketball Tournament: The Crown Jewel of African American High School Sports during the Era of Segregation / Robert Pruter Pruter, Robert 75
- 6 The Black Heart of Dixie: The Turkey Day Classic and Race in Twentieth-Century Alabama / Thomas Aiello Aiello, Thomas 93
- 7 Gold and Glory Sweepstakes: An African American Racing Experience / Todd Gould Gould, Todd 109
- 8 The East West Classic: Black America's Baseball Fiesta / Rob Ruck Ruck, Rob 129
- III Organizations
- 9 Creating Order in Black College Sport: The Lasting Legacy of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association / David K. Wiggins Wiggins, David K., Chris Elzey Elzey, Chris 145
- 10 Game, Set and Separatism: The American Tennis Association, a Tennis Vanguard / Sundiata Djata Djata, Sundiata 165
- 11 Pars and Birdies in a Hidden World: African Americans and the United Golfers Association / Raymond Schmidt Schmidt, Raymond 179
- 12 Basement Bowlers: The National Negro Bowling Association and Its Legacy of Black Leadership, 1939-1968 / Summer Cherland Cherland, Summer 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-255) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781682260173
- 1682260178
- OCLC:
- 946905515
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