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The Black athlete in West Virginia : high school and college sports from 1900 through the end of segregation / Bob Barnett, Dana Brooks, Ronald Althouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnett, C. Robert (Clarence Robert), 1943- author.
- Brooks, Dana D., author.
- Althouse, Ronald, 1935- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Segregation in education--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- Segregation in education.
- Race relations--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- Race relations.
- Discrimination in sports--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- Discrimination in sports.
- African American universities and colleges--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- African American universities and colleges.
- African American schools--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- African American schools.
- African American high school athletes--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- African American high school athletes.
- African American college athletes--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- African American college athletes.
- West Virginia--Social conditions--20th century.
- West Virginia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2020.
- Summary:
- ""This chronicle of sports at West Virginia's 40 black high schools and three black colleges illuminates many issues in race relations and the struggle for social justice within the state and nation. Despite having inadequate resources, the black schools' sports teams thrived during segregation and helped tie the state's scattered black communities together. West Virginia hosted the nation's first state-wide black high school basketball tournament, which flourished for 33 years, and both Bluefield State and West Virginia State won athletic championships in the prestigious Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (now Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association). Black schools were gradually closed after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, and the desegregation of schools in West Virginia was an important step toward equality. For black athletes and their communities, the path to inclusion came with many costs."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3875-6
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