Title:
More than a game : a history of the African American experience in sport / David K. Wiggins.
Author:
Wiggins, David Kenneth, 1951- author.
Publication Information:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Call Number:
GV583 .W5455 2018
Abstract:
"More than a Game discusses how African American men and women sought to participate in sport and what that participation meant to them, the African American community, and the country. It discusses the varied experiences of African Americans in sport and how their participation has both reflected and changed views of race" -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781442248960
Series:
The African American experience
African-American experience (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
Physical Description:
ix, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
Establishing the boundaries of sport : slavery's lasting legacy -- Freedom to participate on an unlevel playing field -- Sport behind the walls of segregation -- Striving to be full participants in Americas pastimes -- Reintegration of sport and its aftermath -- Sport and the civil rights movement -- Race, Black athletes, and the globalization of sport -- An altered athletic landscape.
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