Martha's Vineyard Basketball
How a Resort League Defied Notions of Race and Class
Year round on Martha's Vineyard Island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, residents and vacationers have played basketball-almost since the game was invented. The Oak Bluffs summer league on the Island was innovative, ethnically diverse, welcomed female players, and fostered thousands of friendships. President Obama, NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving, and Family Matters sitcom star Jaleel White have all played basketball on Martha's Vineyard, as did future college stars, authors, war heroes, and entrepreneurs. Their stories touch current events from World War I through the Civil Rights Movement-and even include the filming of the blockbuster Jaws. Martha's…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4422-3896-1
- EAN: 9781442238961
- Produktnummer: 20092222
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.3 cm 354 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 354
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