More than a game : a history of the African American experience in sport /

"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 reflec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wiggins, David Kenneth, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Series:The African American experience
Subjects:
African Americans > Sports > History.
African American athletes > History.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History.
African American athletes > Social conditions.
Noirs américains > Sports > Histoire.
Sportifs noirs américains > Histoire.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sportifs noirs américains > Conditions sociales.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
African American athletes
African American athletes > Social conditions
Discrimination in sports
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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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