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008 180327s2018 mdua b 001 0deng
010 _a2018010359
020 _a9781442248960
035 _aCPL
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dGCmBT
_dMiTN
050 4 _aGV583
_b.W544 2018
099 _a796.089 WIG
100 1 _aWiggins, David Kenneth,
_d1951-
245 1 0 _aMore than a game :
_ba history of the African American experience in sport /
_cDavid K. Wiggins.
264 1 _aLanham :
_bRowman & Littlefield,
_c[2018]
300 _aix, 301 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
440 4 _aThe African American experience.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.
505 0 _aEstablishing 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.
520 _a"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" --
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSports
_xHistory.
650 0 _aAfrican American athletes
_xHistory.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in sports
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aAfrican American athletes
_xSocial conditions.
999 _c236597
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