Outside the lines : African Americans and the integration of the National Football League /

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Author / Creator:Ross, Charles Kenyatta, 1964-
Imprint:New York : New York University Press, ©1999.
Description:1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:National Football League -- History.
National Football League.
African American football players -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
African American football players.
Discrimination in sports.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129082
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ISBN:9780814769058
0814769055
0814774954
9780814774953
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Outside the Lines traces how sports laid a foundation for social change long before the judicial system formally recognized the inequalities of racial separation. Integrating sports teams to include white and black athletes alike, the National Football League served as a microcosmic fishbowl of the highs and lows, the trials and triumphs, of racial integration. Watching a football game on a Sunday evening, most sports fans do not realize the profound impact the National Football League had on the civil rights movement. Similarly, in a sport where seven out of ten players are black, few are ful.
Other form:Print version: Ross, Charles Kenyatta, 1964- Outside the lines. New York : New York University Press, ©1999