An edition of Game changers (2016)
Game changers
Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the era that transformed a Southern college town
By Art Chansky
Publish Date
2016
Publisher
Univ of North Carolina Pr,The University of North Carolina Press
Language
eng
Pages
224
Description:
"Among many legendary episodes from the life and career of men's basketball coach Dean Smith, few loom as large as his recruitment of Charlie Scott, the first African American scholarship athlete at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Drawn together by college basketball in a time of momentous change, Smith and Scott helped transform a university, a community, and the racial landscape of sports in the South"--
subjects: Basketball, Racism in sports, Basketball coaches, Civil rights, North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball team), African Americans, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, History, University of north carolina, North carolina, history, Coaches (athletics), African americans, civil rights, Basketball, history
People: Charlie Scott (1948-), Dean Smith (1931-2015)
Places: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Times: 20th century