They Cleared the Lane The NBA's Black Pioneers

Name: They Cleared the Lane The NBA's Black Pioneers
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ISBN: 9780803294547

ISBN-10: 0803294549

ISBN-13: 9780803294547

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ron Thomas

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Today, black players compose more than eighty percent of the National Basketball Association’s rosters, providing a strong and valued contribution to professional basketball. In the first half of the twentieth century, however, pro basketball was tainted by racism, as gifted African Americans were denied the opportunity to display their talents. Through in-depth interviews with players, their families, coaches, teammates, and league officials, Ron Thomas tells the largely untold story of what basketball was really like for the first black NBA players, including recent Hall of Fame inductee Earl Lloyd, early superstars such as Maurice Stokes and Bill Russell, and the league’s first black…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 3/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.03" wide x 9.01" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English