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Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980 Paperback - 2010
by Charles Martin
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- Title Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980
- Author Charles Martin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Illinois Press, Urbana
- Date 2010-08
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780252077500 / 0252077504
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Discrimination in sports - Southern States -, Racism in sports - Southern States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009048712
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.043
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