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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Runstedtler, Theresa.     Subjects     Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-     Haywood, Spencer, 1949-     National Basketball Association -- History -- 20th century.     Basketball players, Black -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Basketball -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Race relations -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Runstedtler, Theresa.       by title:      Black ball : Kareem ...       by call number:      796.32364 R943b     Search the Web     Runstedtler, Theresa.     Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-     Haywood, Spencer, 1949-     National Basketball Association -- History -- 20th century.     Basketball players, Black -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Basketball -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Race relations -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Black ball : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the generation that saved the soul of the NBA / Theresa Runstedtler. by Runstedtler, Theresa. Bold Type Books, 2023. Call #: 796.32364 R943b Subjects Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-   Haywood, Spencer, 1949-   National Basketball Association -- History -- 20th century.   Basketball players, Black -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Basketball -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Race relations -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781645036951 (hc) Alternate title:  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the generation that saved the soul of the NBA Edition:  1st ed. Description:  vii, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-339) and index. Summary:  "A vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA. Against the backdrop of ongoing massive resistance to racial desegregation and increasingly strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation's imagined descent into disorder. The press and the public blamed young Black players for the chaos in the NBA, citing drugs, violence, greed, and criminality. The supposed decline of pro basketball became a metaphor for the first decades of integration in America: the rules of the game had changed, allowing more Black people onto a formerly white playing field, and now they were ruining everything. But Black Ball argues that this much-maligned period was pivotal to the rise of the NBA as the star-laden powerhouse we know today, thanks largely to the efforts of Black players in challenging the white basketball establishment of owners, coaches, and spectators. Spotlighting legendary players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bernard King, and Connie Hawkins, scholar Theresa Runstedtler expertly rewrites basketball's 'Dark Ages,' weaving together her deep knowledge of the game's key icons and institutions with incisive social and political analysis of the era. Black ballers created an aerial, improvisational, and creative style derived from the playground courts of their neighborhoods, laying the foundation for the explosive popularity and profitability of the league in subsequent decades. They also transformed labor in the pro-basketball world, filing lawsuits and organizing unions to demand better salaries and greater autonomy. Without their skills, style, and savvy, there would be no Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, or LeBron James today."--Publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 796.32364 R943b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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