The Strange Career of the Black Athlete: African Americans and Sports
- ISBN-10
- 0275982238
- ISBN-13
- 9780275982232
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 123
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Russell Thomas Wigginton
Description
Shows how sports have at times challenged racial mores yet at other times reinforced the status quo in this revealing historical group portrait of black athletes.
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