{"product_id":"separate-games-david-k-wiggins-9781682261224","title":"Separate Games: African American Sport Behind the Walls of Segregation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 NASSH Book Award for best edited collection.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The hardening of racial lines during the first half of the twentieth century eliminated almost all African Americans from white organized sports, forcing black athletes to form their own teams, organizations, and events. This separate sporting culture, explored in the twelve essays included here, comprised much more than athletic competition; these \"separate games\" provided examples of black enterprise and black self-help and showed the importance of agency and the quest for racial uplift in a country fraught with racialist thinking and discrimination.\u003cp\u003eThe significance of this sporting culture is vividly showcased in the stories of the Cuban Giants baseball team, basketball's New York Renaissance Five, the Tennessee State Tigerbelles track-and-field team, black college football's Turkey Bowl Classic, car racing's Gold and Glory Sweepstakes, Negro League Baseball's East-West All-Star game, and many more. These teams, organizations, and events made up a vibrant national sporting complex that remained in existence until the integration of sports beginning in the late 1940s. \u003ci\u003eSeparate Games\u003c\/i\u003e explores the fascinating ways sports helped bind the black community and illuminate race pride, business acumen, and organizational abilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David K. Wiggins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682261220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682261224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"David K. Wiggins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941583159551,"sku":"9781682261224","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_55347862-4b1f-481b-82ba-7caa2ba88f3a.jpg?v=1681453762","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/separate-games-david-k-wiggins-9781682261224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}