Breaking through : John B. McLendon, basketball legend and civil rights pioneer /
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| Author / Creator: | Katz, Milton S., 1945- |
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| Imprint: | Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2007. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11211174 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Billy Packer
- Foreword / Ian Naismith
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- ch. 1. A Kansas childhood and the love of the game, 1915-33
- ch. 2. The University of Kansas and Dr. James Naismith, 1933-36
- ch. 3. Establishing a tradition of excellence : North Carolina College, 1937-52
- ch. 4. A pioneer for integration : the National Basketball Association and the National Athletic Steering Committee, 1950-53
- ch. 5. Groundbreaking championship years at Tennessee A & I State University, 1954-59
- ch. 6. Blazing new trails : the Cleveland Pipers, 1959-62
- ch. 7. Back to the college game : Kentucky State College and Cleveland State University, 1963-69
- ch. 8. The first black coach in the American Basketball Association: the Denver Rockets, 1969
- ch. 9. National and international ambassador of basketball for Converse, Inc., 1969-89
- ch. 10. Return to Cleveland State University : Professor, Advisor, Historian, and "just a man," 1989-99
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.