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Informationen zum Autor Gregory Kaliss is Associate Editor, Volume 9 of the Frederick Law Olmsted Papers, and Research Associate in American Studies at Franklin & Marshall College. Klappentext Gregory Kaliss is Associate Editor, Volume 9 of the Frederick Law Olmsted Papers, and Research Associate in American Studies at Franklin & Marshall College.¿ Zusammenfassung Profiles of college athletes and teams that challenged the color line in America Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - College Sports! Fair Play! and Black Masculinity; 1 - "Our Own 'Roby'" and "The Dark Cloud": Paul Robeson at Rutgers! 1915-1919; 2 - "Harbingers of Progress" and "The Gold Dust Trio": Washington! Strode! Robinson and the 1939 UCLA Football Team; 3 - "A First-Class Gentleman" and "That Big N----r": Wilt Chamberlain at the University of Kansas! 1955-1958; 4 - "Our Colored Boy" and "Fine Black Athletes": Charlie Scott at the University of North Carolina! 1965-1970; 5 - "Those Nigras" and "Men Again": Bear Bryant! John Mitchell! and Wilbur Jackson at the University of Alabama! 1969-1973; Conclusion - What We Talk About When We Talk About Sports; Bibliography.
