Breaking Barriers: A History of Integration in Professional Basketball

by Douglas Stark

Book Overview

This book charts the progress of integration in basketball, from the first black professional basketball player in 1902 to the modern game. These crucial steps in the history of basketball are placed within the larger context of American history, making this book an essential addition to the literature on sports and race in America.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144227753X
• ISBN13: 9781442277533
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"