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Breaking through : John B. McLendon, basketball legend and civil rights pioneer / Milton S. Katz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Katz, Milton S., 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American basketball coaches.
- Basketball coaches--United States--Biography.
- Basketball coaches.
- Discrimination in sports--United States.
- Discrimination in sports.
- McLendon, John B.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <div>Milton S. Katz is professor of American studies, School of Liberal Arts, Kansas City Art Institute. He is the author of<i>Ban the Bomb</i> and over two dozen book chapters, articles, and essays on peace and social justice movements in contemporary American history. He met John McLendon in 1980 and became close friends with him after spending untold hours interviewing him and researching his life</div>
- Contents:
- Foreword by Billy Packer
- Foreword by Ian Naismith
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- ch. 1. Kansas childhood and the love of the game, 1915-33
- ch. 2. University of Kansas and Dr. James Naismith, 1933-36
- ch. 3. Establishing a tradition of excellence : North Carolina College, 1937-52
- ch. 4. Pioneer for integration : the National Basketball Association and the National Athletic Steering Committee, 1950-53
- ch. 5. Groundbreaking championship years at Tennessee A&I State University, 1954-59
- ch. 6. Blazing new trails : the Cleveland Pipers, 1959-62
- ch. 7. Back to the college game : Kentucky State College and Cleveland State University, 1963-69
- ch. 8. First black coach in the American Basketball Association: the Denver Rockets, 1969
- ch. 9. National and international ambassador of basketball for Converse, Inc., 1969-89
- ch. 10. Return to Cleveland State University : Professor, Advisor, Historian, and "just a man," 1989-99
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299401990
- 1299401996
- 9781610750844
- 1610750845
- OCLC:
- 608121810
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