Breaking Through : John B. McLendon, Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Pioneer.
Title:
Breaking Through : John B. McLendon, Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Pioneer.
Author:
Katz, Milton S.
ISBN:
9781610750844
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (214 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Forward by Billy Packer -- Forward by Ian Naismith -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: A Kansas Childhood and the Love of the Game, 1915-33 -- CHAPTER 2: The University of Kansas and Dr. James Naismith, 1933-36 -- CHAPTER 3: Establishing a Tradition of Excellence: North Carolina College, 1937-52 -- CHAPTER 4: A Pioneer for Integration: The National Basketball Association and the National Athletic Steering Committee, 1950-53 -- CHAPTER 5: Groundbreaking Championship Years at Tennessee A&I State University, 1954-59 -- CHAPTER 6: Blazing New Trails: The Cleveland Pipers, 1959-62 -- CHAPTER 7: Back to the College Game: Kentucky State College and Cleveland State University, 1963-69 -- CHAPTER 8: The First Black Coach in the American Basketball Association: The Denver Rockets, 1969 -- CHAPTER 9: National and International Ambassador of Basketball for Converse, Inc., 1969-89 -- CHAPTER 10: Return to Cleveland State University: Professor, Advisor, Historian, and "Just a Man," 1989-99 -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
Milton S. Katz is professor of American studies, School of Liberal Arts, Kansas City Art Institute. He is the author ofBan the Bomb and over two dozen book chapters, articles, and essays on peace and social justice movements in contemporary American history. He met John McLendon in 1980 and became close friends with him after spending untold hours interviewing him and researching his life.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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