Men's College Athletics and the Politics of

College sports have provided a compelling means to discuss issues regarding racial equality and fairness in American life. As previously white institutions of higher learning gradually (and grudgingly) opened their playing fields to African-American athletes in men's basketball and football, black and white spectators interprete ixed-race team sports in often contradictory ways. In Men's College Athletics and the Politics of Racial Equality, Gregory Kaliss offers stunning insights into Americans' contested visions of equality, fairness, black manhood, citizenship, and an equal opportunity society. Kaliss looks at Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, Wilt Chamberlain, Charlie Scott, John Mitchell, Wilbur Marshall, and Bear Bryant to show how Americans responded to racial integration over time. Men's College Athletics and the Politics of Racial Equalityreveals that as fans, media members, university students, faculty, and administration- black and white-discussed the achievements and struggles of these athletes, they inevitably talked about much more than what occurred on the field regory J. Kaliss is Associate Editor, Volume 9 of the Frederick Law Olmsted Papers, and Research Associate in American Studies at Franklin & Marshall College.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: College Sports, "Fair Play," and Black Masculinity	p. 1
"Our Own 'Roby'" and "the Dark Cloud": Paul Robeson at Rutgers, 1915-1919	p. 12
"Harbingers of Progress" and "the Gold Dust Trio": Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Jackie Robinson, and the 1939 UCLA Football Team	p. 41
"A First-Class Gentleman" and "That Big N-r": Wilt Chamberlain at the University of Kansas, 1955-1958	p. 74
"Our Colored Boy" and "Fine Black Athletes": Charlie Scott at the University of North Carolina, 1965-1970	p. 109
"Those Nigras" and "Men Again": Bear Bryant, John Mitchell, and Wilbur Jackson at the University of Alabama, 1969-1973	p. 138
Conclusion: What We Talk about When We Talk about Sports	p. 172
Notes	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 219
Index	p. 229
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