Race, politics, and basketball : a cultural education of everyday life / Gerry Kavanaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kavanaugh, Gerry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kavanaugh, Gerry.

Basketball--Social aspects.

Basketball.

African Americans.

Social conditions.

New Bedford (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

New Bedford (Mass.).

African Americans--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Social conditions.

Basketball--Social aspects--Massachusetts--New Bedford.

Massachusetts--New Bedford.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 199 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam, The Netherlands : Sense Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

"Storytelling is one of the oldest, yet most provocative human art forms. It allows us to learn through the illustration and presentation of events as they happened in real time, through the words of those who participated, allowing the reader to understand and recognize the unvarnished truth. As a means of education and learning, it is innately valuable. Speaking of race and racism, it allows us to underscore our values and principles of social justice. It allows the participants to express their insights and knowledge through their actual experiences. The author has done just that with 'Race, Politics, and Basketball' a fascinating story of race, racism, politics, education, and inequality in the early 1970s, told through the voices of those who were there, who witnessed it and were a part of it. It provides the juxtaposition of good and decent white kids with an unparalleled mentor who kept them on the straight and narrow, against good and decent Black and Cape Verdean kids who were forced to face the daily forces of inequality and racial unrest each and every day."--Page [4] of cover.

ISBN:

9789463510004

9463510001

9789463510011

946351001X

OCLC:

990484913

Publisher Number:

99973698117