Integrating the Gridiron : Black Civil Rights and American College Football

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Even the most casual sports fans celebrate the achievements of professional athletes, among them Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Joe Louis. Yet before and after these heroes staked a claim for African Americans in professional sports, dozens of college athletes asserted their own civil rights on...

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Main Author: Demas, Lane
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010
Subjects:
Football > United States > History.
College sports > United States > History.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Racism in sports > United States.
African American athletes > Social conditions.
Civil rights movements > History.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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