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Contents Introduction: Setting the Stage Chapter 1 Generational-Cultural Differences Seeking Common Ground Chapter 2 Black Athlete Activism Has the Last Militant Left the Stage? Chapter 3 Home Is the City Metro Dares and Small Town Stares Chapter 4 Academic Divide Old School, New School, No School Chapter 5 Basketball Score Jumping Through Hoops or Just Growing Up? Chapter 6 Baseball Bygones Going Soft on Hardball Chapter 7 Golf Gulf The Lonesome King of Cablinasia Chapter 8 Show Time Ali Started It, NFL Exhibitionists Ruined It Chapter 9 Media Madness The Price of (Not) Dancing to Their Tune Chapter 10 Leadership Positions Hitting the Cement Ceiling Chapter 11 The Feminine Side You Go, Girl, But How Far? Chapter 12 Natural Athleticism Where Science Ends and Bias Begins Closing: Solutions Start at Home Reference Points Index About the Author
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African American athletes.
African American athletes -- Social conditions.
Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.