Across the Line Profiles in Basketball Courage - Tales of the First Black Players in the ACC and Southeastern Conferences

Name: Across the Line Profiles in Basketball Courage - Tales of the First Black Players in the ACC and Southeastern Conferences
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ISBN: 9781599210421

ISBN-10: 1599210428

ISBN-13: 9781599210421

Edition: 2007

Authors: Barry Jacobs

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In the 1960s, college sports required more than athletic prowess from its African American players. For many pioneering basketball players on 18 teams in the Atlantic and Southeastern conference, playing ball meant braving sometimes menacing crowds during the tumultuous era of civil rights. Perry Wallace feared he would be shot when he first stepped onto a court in his Vanderbilt uniform. During one road game, Georgia’s Ronnie Hogue fended off a hostile crowd with a chair. Craig Mobley had to flee the Clemson campus, along with other black students. C.B. Claiborne couldn’t attend the Duke team banquet when it was held at an all-white country club. Wendell Hudson’s mother cried with…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 11/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Way of Things



Vanguard



An Uneasy Fit




Forms of Hell




Between Worlds




Fall from Grace




The Loneliest Number




Door Jamb




Changing of the Guard



Pipe Dream




Prisoner of Choice




Friendly Bounce




Penn Pall




Forbidden Territory




All in the Family




Shooting the Hoop




Rear Guard



Later Gators



Far from Home



Actions Speak



Sneakers



Appendix


Bibliography


Index


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