Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. x, 236 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Discrimination in sports > United States
2. Racism in sports > United States
3. College sports > United States
4. African American athletes
5. United States > Race relations

Contents

1. Introduction: college sports, "fair play," and black masculinity -- "Our own 'Roby'" and "the dark cloud": Paul Robeson at Rutgers, 1915-1919 -- "Harbingers of progress" and "the gold dust trio": Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Jackie Robinson, and the 1939 UCLA football team -- "A first-class gentleman" and "that big n-r": Wilt Chamberlain at the University of Kansas, 1955-1958 -- "Our colored boy" and "fine Black athletes": Charlie Scott at the University of North Carolina, 1965-1970 -- "Those nigras" and "men again": Bear Bryant, John Mitchell, and Wilbur Jackson at The University of Alabama, 1969-1973 -- Conclusion: what we talk about when we talk about sports.

Call number

1. Sc E 12-1089

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-227) and index.

Author

1. Kaliss, Gregory J.

Title

1. Men's college athletics and the politics of racial equality : five pioneer stories of Black manliness, White citizenship, and American democracy / Gregory J. Kaliss.

Imprint

1. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-227) and index.

LCCN

1. 2011047603

ISBN

1. 9781439908563 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2. 1439908567 (hbk. : alk. paper)
3. 9781439908587 (ebk.)
4. 1439908583 (ebk.)

Research call number

1. Sc E 12-1089