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Glory road : my story of the 1966 NCAA basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds and changed America forever

text Glory road : my story of the 1966 NCAA basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds and changed America forever

Summary

A basketball coach describes how, in 1966, as coach of Texas Western College, he used a starting lineup of five black players to beat the top-ranked University of Kentucky team, paving the way for desegregation of all Southern college teams.

Contents
Legend -- Enid, Oklahoma -- Oklahoma A & M -- Tumbleweed High -- Shootin' pool -- Texas western -- Bad news -- Five black players -- The pipeline -- 1966 season -- NCAA tournament -- Final hour -- The fallout -- Recruiting battles -- El Paso -- Re... Read more
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Description
xv, 254 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Publisher
Hyperion 2006

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 HASKINS, DON HAS in Adult Non-fiction Reshelving

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