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Game changers Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the era that transformed a southern college town

Title
Game changers [electronic resource] : Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the era that transformed a southern college town / Art Chansky.
Author
Chansky, Art.
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 198 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
"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"--
Uniform Title
Game changers (Online)
Alternative Title
Game changers (Online)
Subject
  • Smith, Dean, 1931-2015
  • Scott, Charlie, 1948-
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > Basketball > History
  • North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball team) > History
  • Basketball coaches > North Carolina > Chapel Hill
  • Basketball > North Carolina > Chapel Hill > History
  • African Americans > Civil rights > History > North Carolina > Chapel Hill > 20th century
  • Racism in sports > North Carolina > Chapel Hill > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
LCCN
2016023981
OCLC
ssj0001715455
Author
Chansky, Art.
Title
Game changers [electronic resource] : Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the era that transformed a southern college town / Art Chansky.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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