The Black Athlete in West Virginia: High School and College Sports from 1900 Through the End of Segregation

ISBN-13: 9781476678979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 235 str.

Bob Barnett; Dana Brooks; Ronald Althouse

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments ix
• Preface 1
• Introduction by Bob Barnett 5
• Part I. School and College Segregation in West Virginia, 1863–1954 9
•  1. African Americans in West Virginia, 1860–1969 11
•  2. Intercollegiate Sports in the Black Colleges, 1900–1954 20
•  3. The First Black State High School Basketball Tournament in the United States, 1925–1944 42
•  4. Earl Lloyd and the Golden Age of West Virginia State University Basketball, 1945–1954 57
•  5. The Legacy of Black High School Basketball 77
• Part II. The Integration of West Virginia's High Schools and Colleges, 1954–1964 99
•  6. Integrating Small Colleges 101
•  7. From Hal Greer to Randy Moss: The Integration of Marshall University Sports 120
•  8. Two Historically Black Colleges Join the White Intercollegiate Conference 142
•  9. Black High Schools in the White Basketball Tournament, 1957–1969 155
• 10. From Dick Leftridge to Major Harris: A Call for Sports Advocacy at WVU 173
• Epilogue 195
• Appendix: Pioneers in the Integration of College Sports in West Virginia 197
• Chapter Notes 201
• Bibliography 215
• Index 221