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Author Katz, Milton S., 1945-

Title Breaking through : John B. McLendon, basketball legend and civil rights pioneer / Milton S. Katz.

Publication Info. Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 256 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium monochrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-247) and index.
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. 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. 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.
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Subject McLendon, John B.
McLendon, John B.
Basketball coaches -- United States -- Biography.
Basketball coaches.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject African American basketball coaches.
African American basketball coaches.
Discrimination in sports -- United States.
Discrimination in sports.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Katz, Milton S., 1945- Breaking through. Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2007 (DLC) 2007016308 (OCoLC)123539448
ISBN 9781610750844 (electronic book)
1610750845 (electronic book)
155728847X (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781557288479 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781557289513
1557289514
Sudoc No. HI.F 3/178-8:B 733/2007