Wiggins, David Kenneth,  1951- <br/><br/>
More than a game :  a history of the African American experience in sport / 
David K. Wiggins. 
 - Lanham, Maryland :  Rowman and Littlefield,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - The African American experience .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Establishing the boundaries of sport : slavery's lasting legacy --  Freedom to participate on an unlevel playing field --  Sport behind the walls of segregation --  Striving to be full participants in Americas pastimes --  Reintegration of sport and its aftermath --  Sport and the civil rights movement --  Race, Black athletes, and the globalization of sport --  An altered athletic landscape. 
<br/><br/> "More than a Game discusses how African American men and women sought to participate in sport and what that participation meant to them, the African American community, and the country. It discusses the varied experiences of African Americans in sport and how their participation has both reflected and changed views of race" -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781538114988 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018029453 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Sports--History.<br/>African American athletes--History.<br/>Discrimination in sports--History.--United States<br/>African American athletes--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV583  / .M674 2018