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Author Shropshire, Kenneth L.

Title In black and white : race and sports in America / Kenneth L. Shropshire ; foreword by Kellen Winslow.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [1996]
©1996

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.8 S561I    Check Shelf
Description xxvii, 212 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-203) and index.
Contents Introduction : the realities of racism and discrimination in America -- The roots of racism and discrimination in sports -- Sitting in with the "good old boys" : ownership -- The front office and anti-discrimination law -- "Fear of a black planet" : the front office -- Color-blind propositions : the collegiate ranks -- "The white man's ice is colder, his sugar sweeter, his water
wetter, his medicine better" : sports agents -- The next millennium.
Subject Discrimination in sports -- United States.
Racism -- United States.
African Americans -- Sports.
ISBN 0814780164 cloth alk. pap.
0814780377 paperback alk. pap.
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