Advancing the Ball: Race, Reformation, and the Quest for Equal Coaching Opportunity in the NFL

by N. Jeremi Duru

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Following the NFL's desegregation in 1946, opportunities became increasingly plentiful for African American players--but not African American coaches. Although Major League Baseball and the NBA made progress in this regard over the years, the NFL's head coaches were almost exclusively white up until the mid-1990s. Advancing the Ball chronicles the campaign of former Cleveland Browns offensive lineman John Wooten to right this wrong and undo decades...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199736006

ISBN13:9780199736003

Release Date:January 2011

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.02 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Discrimination & Racism Law Politics & Government Race Relations Specific Demographics Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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