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The DuSable Panthers
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: Ira Berkow
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-07 - Publisher: Diversion Books

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Twelve years before Kentucky and Texas Christian. Seven years after Jackie Robinson’s first at-bat in the Majors. A color barrier in both sports and in Americ
The DuSable Panthers
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: Ira Berkow
Categories: Basketball players
Type: BOOK - Published: 1978-01-01 - Publisher: Atheneum Books

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An account of the 1954 Illinois High School State Championship basketball game between the DuSable Panthers, the first all-black team to make the finals, and a
Black Man Emerging
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Joseph L. White
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-18 - Publisher: Routledge

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In the face of centuries of institutional and interpersonal racism, in light of the signals they receive from society, and given the choices they must make abou
Elevating the Game
Language: en
Pages: 310
Authors: Nelson George
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-01-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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Links the history of race relations to the history of basketball by reviewing the era of the first Black teams, the first integration of teams, and the innovati
Sports in Chicago
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Elliott J. Gorn
Categories: Sports
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Chicago has garnered national recognition by winning the World Series, the Super Bowl, and a string of titles in the National Basketball Association. But amateu