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1 online resource (xxii, 256 pages) : illustrations |
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Foreword / Billy Packer -- Foreword / Ian Naismith -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ch. 1. A Kansas childhood and the love of the game, 1915-33 -- ch. 2. The 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. The 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 |
| Summary |
Milton S. Katz is professor of American studies, School of Liberal Arts, Kansas City Art Institute. He is the author of Ban 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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-247) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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McLendon, John B
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McLendon, John B. fast |
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Basketball coaches -- United States -- Biography
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African American basketball coaches.
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Discrimination in sports -- United States
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Basketball.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- General.
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African American basketball coaches
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Basketball coaches
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Discrimination in sports
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United States
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Biographies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781610750844 |
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1610750845 |
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