Across the line : profiles in basketball courage : tales of the first black players in the ACC and SEC / Barry Jacobs
- Author:
- Jacobs, Barry, 1950-
- Published:
- Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2008]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2008
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Vanguard. An uneasy fit / Billy Jones and Pete Johnson -- Forms of hell / Perry Wallace -- Between worlds / C.B. Claiborne -- Fall from grace / Henry Harris Jr. -- The loneliest number / Charles Scott -- Door jamb / Wendell Hudson -- pt. 2. Changing of the guard. Pipe dream / Norwood Todmann -- Prisoner of choice / Tom Payne Jr. -- Friendly bounce / Al Heartley -- Penn pall / Ronnie Hogue -- Forbidden territory / Craig Mobley -- All in the family / Colis Temple, Jr. -- Shooting the hoop / Coolidge Ball -- pt. 3. Rear guard. Later gators / Malcolm Meeks and Steve Williams -- Far from home / All Drummond -- Actions speak / Wilbert Cherry and Larry Robinson -- Sneakers / Larry Fry and Jerry Jenkins.
- Subject(s):
- Atlantic Coast Conference—History
- Southeastern Conference—History
- Atlantic Coast Conference
- Southeastern Conference
- African American college athletes—Biography
- African American college students—Biography
- Discrimination in sports—United States
- College sports—United States
- Racism in sports
- African American college athletes
- African American college students
- College sports
- Discrimination in sports
- United States
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781599210421
1599210428 - Collection:
- Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-349) and index.
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