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Memphis hoops : race and basketball in the Bluff City, 1968-1997 / Keith B. Wood.
Van Pelt Library GV884.F55 W66 2021
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Keith B., author.
- Series:
- Sport and popular culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Finch, Larry.
- Memphis Tigers (Basketball team)--History.
- Memphis Tigers (Basketball team).
- African American basketball players--Tennessee--Memphis.
- African American basketball players.
- African American basketball coaches--Tennessee--Memphis.
- African American basketball coaches.
- African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis.
- African Americans.
- Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Memphis (Tenn.).
- Race relations.
- Tennessee--Memphis.
- Genre:
- History.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 218 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This book considers the role of collegiate basketball in Memphis following the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Keith Brian Wood analyzes the racial dynamics in the city through the lens of one of the city's iconic sports figures, Larry Finch, a Memphis native and the first black player signed by Memphis State. Finch helped Memphis State make the NCAA championship game his senior year, but the team lost to UCLA. Finch was then drafted by the Lakers in 1973 but decided to stay home and play for the American Basketball Association's Memphis Tams. After two years of playing semi-professionally, Finch returned to the sidelines as a coach and would eventually become the head coach of Memphis State. Finch was championed as a symbol of the racial healing power of basketball that helped counteract the racial turbulence ongoing in the city, but for decades the city's racial strife continued off the basketball court"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Memphis Is My Home
- 2. To Bring This Town Together
- 3. Memphis Goes Pro
- 4. Champions Behind The Wall: The 1974-75 Lemoyne-Owen Magicians
- 5. Memphis's Black, Basketball-Coaching Moses: Verties Sails
- 6. A Shakespearean Tragedy In Memphis
- 7. Favorite Son.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wood, Keith B., Memphis hoops
- ISBN:
- 9781621906681
- 162190668X
- OCLC:
- 1228006476
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