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Breaking Through: John B. McLendon, Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Pioneer [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 229x152x25 mm, kaal: 525 g, 46 illustrations. photographs
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jul-2010
  • Kirjastus: University of Arkansas Press
  • ISBN-10: 1557289514
  • ISBN-13: 9781557289513
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 229x152x25 mm, kaal: 525 g, 46 illustrations. photographs
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jul-2010
  • Kirjastus: University of Arkansas Press
  • ISBN-10: 1557289514
  • ISBN-13: 9781557289513
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Winner, William Rockhill Nelson Award

 

John B. McLendon was the last living protégé of basketballs inventor, Dr. James Naismith, and one of the top ten basketball coaches of the century in Billy Packers opinion. McLendons amazing records in college and pro basketball earned him a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame (the first black coach to be inducted), and his coaching philosophy has had a huge influence on basketball coaches. Breaking Through is also a powerful and inspirational story about segregation and a champions struggle for equality in 1940s and 50s America.

 

Black Magic, ESPNs Peabody Awardwinning documentary about players and coaches who attended historically black colleges and universities, covers many of the events in McLendons life that Katz writes about in his book.

 

John McLendon was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Foreword ix
Billy Packer
Foreword xiii
Ian Naismith
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction xxi
Chapter 1 A Kansas Childhood and the Love of the Game, 1915-33
1(10)
Chapter 2 The University of Kansas and Dr. James Naismith, 1933-36
11(14)
Chapter 3 Establishing a Tradition of Excellence: North Carolina College, 1937-52
25(34)
Chapter 4 A Pioneer for Integration: The National Basketball Association and the National Athletic Steering Committee, 1950-53
59(16)
Chapter 5 Groundbreaking Championship Years at Tennessee A&I State University, 1954-59
75(36)
Chapter 6 Blazing New Trails: The Cleveland Pipers, 1959-62
111(38)
Chapter 7 Back to the College Game: Kentucky State College and Cleveland State University, 1963-69
149(20)
Chapter 8 The First Black Coach in the American Basketball Association: The Denver Rockets, 1969
169(12)
Chapter 9 National and International Ambassador of Basketball for Converse, Inc., 1969-89
181(18)
Chapter 10 Return to Cleveland State University: Professor, Advisor, Historian, and "Just a Man," 1989-99
199(22)
Appendix 221(4)
Notes 225(18)
Bibliography 243(7)
Index 250
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