Across the Line (eBook)

Profiles In Basketball Courage: Tales Of The First Black Players In The ACC and SEC

Barry Jacobs (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2007
384 Seiten
Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-4617-4915-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Across the Line recounts the experiences of the pioneering African-American basketball players at 18 schools in the Atlantic Coast and Southeastern conferences, the South's most prominent, historically white intercollegiate leagues.

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In the 1960s, college sports required more than athletic prowess from its African American players. For many pioneering basketball players on 18 teams in the Atlantic and Southeastern conference, playing ball meant braving sometimes menacing crowds during the tumultuous era of civil rights. Perry Wallace feared he would be shot when he first stepped onto a court in his Vanderbilt uniform. During one road game, Georgias Ronnie Hogue fended off a hostile crowd with a chair. Craig Mobley had to flee the Clemson campus, along with other black students. C.B. Claiborne couldnt attend the Duke team banquet when it was held at an all-white country club. Wendell Hudsons mother cried with heartache when her son decided to play at the University of Alabama, and Al Heartley locked himself in a campus dorm at North Carolina State for safety the night Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. Grounded in the civil rights struggles on campuses throughout the south, the voices of players, coaches, opponents and fans reveal the long-neglected story of race, sports and social history. Barry Jacobs has covered college basketball as well as news and other sports since 1976 for numerous publications, among them the New York Times, Washington Post, GQ, People, Oceans, the Saturday Evening Post and the Sporting News. He is the author of four books, including Coach Ks Little Blue Book, The World According to Dean, and Three Paths to Glory. For 14 years he wrote the Fan's Guide to ACC Basketball. He also served as an elected county commissioner for 20 years and supervises Moorefields, an historic site near Hillsborough, NC.

Autor

Barry Jacobs, covered college basketball, as well as news and other sports, for The New York Times, for 20 years. His work has appeared in numerous other publications, including the Boston Globe, Washington Post, Newsday, Village Voice, GQ, People, and the Saturday Evening Post. He is the author of four books, including "Coach K's Little Blue Book," published by Total SportsIllustrated in 2000; "The World According to Dean," published by Total Sports in 1998; and "Three Paths To Glory," published by Macmillan in 1993.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
• Schlagworte: auburn university • Boston College • clemson • Duke • Florida State University • Georgia Institute of Technology • Louisiana University • Mississippi State University • North Carolina State University • Notre Dame • syracuse university • Texas A&M University • University of Alabama • University of Florida • University of Georgia • University of Kentucky • University of Mississippi • University of Missouri • University of North Carolina • University of South Carolina • university of tennessee • University of Virginia • vanderbilt university • Wake Forest University
• ISBN-10: 1-4617-4915-8 / 1461749158
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4617-4915-8 / 9781461749158