Breaking through John B. McLendon, basketball legend and civil rights pioneer /
Katz, Milton S., 1945-
Breaking through John B. McLendon, basketball legend and civil rights pioneer / Milton S. Katz. - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xxii, 256 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foreword / Foreword / Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Kansas childhood and the love of the game, 1915-33 -- The University of Kansas and Dr. James Naismith, 1933-36 -- Establishing a tradition of excellence : North Carolina College, 1937-52 -- A pioneer for integration : the National Basketball Association and the National Athletic Steering Committee, 1950-53 -- Groundbreaking championship years at Tennessee A and I State University, 1954-59 -- Blazing new trails : the Cleveland Pipers, 1959-62 -- Back to the college game : Kentucky State College and Cleveland State University, 1963-69 -- The first black coach in the American Basketball Association: the Denver Rockets, 1969 -- National and international ambassador of basketball for Converse, Incorporated, 1969-89 -- Return to Cleveland State University : Professor, Advisor, Historian, and "just a man," 1989-99 -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Billy Packer -- Ian Naismith --
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781610750844
McLendon, John B.
Basketball coaches--United States--Biography.
African American basketball coaches.
Discrimination in sports--United States.
Electronic Books.
GV884 / .B743 2007
Breaking through John B. McLendon, basketball legend and civil rights pioneer / Milton S. Katz. - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xxii, 256 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foreword / Foreword / Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Kansas childhood and the love of the game, 1915-33 -- The University of Kansas and Dr. James Naismith, 1933-36 -- Establishing a tradition of excellence : North Carolina College, 1937-52 -- A pioneer for integration : the National Basketball Association and the National Athletic Steering Committee, 1950-53 -- Groundbreaking championship years at Tennessee A and I State University, 1954-59 -- Blazing new trails : the Cleveland Pipers, 1959-62 -- Back to the college game : Kentucky State College and Cleveland State University, 1963-69 -- The first black coach in the American Basketball Association: the Denver Rockets, 1969 -- National and international ambassador of basketball for Converse, Incorporated, 1969-89 -- Return to Cleveland State University : Professor, Advisor, Historian, and "just a man," 1989-99 -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Billy Packer -- Ian Naismith --
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781610750844
McLendon, John B.
Basketball coaches--United States--Biography.
African American basketball coaches.
Discrimination in sports--United States.
Electronic Books.
GV884 / .B743 2007