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Introduction: college sports, "fair play," and black masculinity
"Our own 'Roby'" and "the dark cloud": Paul Robeson at Rutgers, 1915-1919
"Harbingers of progress" and "the gold dust trio": Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Jackie Robinson, and the 1939 UCLA football team
"A first-class gentleman" and "that big n-r": Wilt Chamberlain at the University of Kansas, 1955-1958
"Our colored boy" and "fine Black athletes": Charlie Scott at the University of North Carolina, 1965-1970
"Those nigras" and "men again": Bear Bryant, John Mitchell, and Wilbur Jackson at The University of Alabama, 1969-1973
Conclusion: what we talk about when we talk about sports.
"Our own 'Roby'" and "the dark cloud": Paul Robeson at Rutgers, 1915-1919
"Harbingers of progress" and "the gold dust trio": Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Jackie Robinson, and the 1939 UCLA football team
"A first-class gentleman" and "that big n-r": Wilt Chamberlain at the University of Kansas, 1955-1958
"Our colored boy" and "fine Black athletes": Charlie Scott at the University of North Carolina, 1965-1970
"Those nigras" and "men again": Bear Bryant, John Mitchell, and Wilbur Jackson at The University of Alabama, 1969-1973
Conclusion: what we talk about when we talk about sports.