The Strange Career of the Black Athlete
Subtitle: African Americans and Sports
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: June 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780275982232
Subjects: Black studies; Sports & Outdoor Recreation; Social Science; Sports & Recreation; Sociology; USA; Ethnic Studies - General; General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; African American athletes; History; Sports; United States
Description: Asks why sport has at times challenged the status quo with regard to race and civil rights, and at other times reinforced it. Examines how blacks broke the color barrier, and raises such issues as whether blacks were able to maintain representation in a particular sport, and whether the entrance of blacks changed the public's perception of that sport.