The Unlevel Playing Field
Subtitle: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport (Sport and Society)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: April 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780252072727
Subjects: American studies; Racism & racial discrimination; Sports & Outdoor Recreation; Social Science; Sports & Recreation; Sociology; Africa; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; History; Sports & Recreation / History
First sentence: The pervasiveness of slavery in antebellum America and the depth of oppression facing free people of color, North and South, were the principal elements in the shaping of African American history before 1860.