ISBN:
9781442248960
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 301 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
The African American experience
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wiggins, David Kenneth, 1951- author More than a game
DDC:
796.089/96073
Keywords:
African Americans Sports
;
History
;
African American athletes History
;
Discrimination in sports History
;
African American athletes Social conditions
;
USA
;
Schwarze
;
Berufssport
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Geschichte
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" --
Abstract:
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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