Title More than a game : a history of the African American experience in sport / David K. Wiggins.

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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

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Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	306.483 WIGGINS	Check Shelf

Description	ix, 301 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm
Series	The African American experience
	African-American experience (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary	"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.
Subject	African Americans -- Sports -- History.
	African American athletes -- History.
	Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
	African American athletes -- Social conditions.
	HISTORY -- African American.
	HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
	HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
	African American athletes. (OCoLC)fst00799025
	African American athletes -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00799026
	Discrimination in sports. (OCoLC)fst00895130
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Berufssport (DE-588)4005940-6
	Ethnische Beziehungen (DE-588)4176973-9
	Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7
	United States (DE-588)4078704-7
Genre/Form	History.
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Online version: Wiggins, David Kenneth, 1951- More than a game. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 9781538114988 (DLC) 2018029453
ISBN	9781442248960 (hardcover alkaline paper)
	1442248963 (hardcover alkaline paper)
	9781538114988 (ePub ebook)
	9781442248988
	144224898X
	9781442248984
Standard No.	40028492761
	99978065240

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