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Breaking Through : John B. McLendon, Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Pioneer /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Fayetteville, Ark. :
University of Arkansas Press,
2007
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.