The Athletic Experience at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Past, Present, and Persistence
Herausgeber: Carter-Francique, Akilah; Hawkins, Billy; Cooper, Joseph

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a historical overview of athletics at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the current social educational significance of these athletic programs. It also provides a conceptual framework that contributes to the debate on college athletics and higher education, in general, and athletics at HBCUs, specifically.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781442253681
• ISBN-10: 1442253681
• Artikelnr.: 42700098

Autorenporträt

Billy Hawkins is professor at the University of Georgia in the Department of Kinesiology. He has written numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles and is the author of The New Plantation: Black Athletes and College Athletics (2013). Joseph Cooper is assistant professor at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Educational Leadership (Sport Management Program). He has published several articles that examine the experiences of Black male athletes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Akilah Carter-Francique is assistant professor at Texas A&M University in the Department of Health and Kinesiology. Her research interests seek to explicate issues in sport and physical activity, education, and health at the intersections of race/ethnicity and gender. J. Kenyatta Cavil is assistant professor at Texas Southern University in the Department of Health and Kinesiology and the coordinator of their Sport Management Program. Cavil has published numerous articles for publications such as College Sporting News, Journal of African American Studies, Journal of Education Foundations, and Global Education Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Billy Hawkins SECTION I: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Chapter 1.
Examining the Historical Origins of Educating Blacks in the United States:
The Evolution of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Frankie G.
Collins Chapter 2. Early Athletic Experiences at HBCUs: The Creation of
Conferences J. Kenyatta Cavil SECTION II: THE STUDENT ATHLETE EXPERIENCES
AT HBCUs Chapter 3. Black Female Athlete Experiences at HBCUs Akilah R.
Carter-Francique and F. Michelle Richardson Chapter 4. The Culture of
Revenue-Producing Sports at HBCUs: The Experiences of Black Male
Student-Athletes I.S. Keino Miller, Jessica L. David, and Jesse A.
Steinfeldt Chapter 5. Athletic Migration Experiences of Black Athletes
Joseph N. Cooper and Billy Hawkins SECTION III: ECONOMIC ISSUES AND HBCU
ATHLETICS Chapter 6. Legal Issues and the Black Female Athlete's Collegiate
Experience at HBCUs Courtney Flowers Chapter 7. "It's HBCU Classic Time!:"
Origins and the Perseverance of HBCU Football Classics R. Pierre Rodgers
Chapter 8. The Economic State of HBCUs and their Athletic Programs: The
Financial Relevance and Viability of HBCU Athletic Programs Charles Crowley
and Geremy Cheeks Chapter 9. Separate, Unequal and Irrelevant: HBCU Revenue
Sports Emmett Gill and Algerian Hart SECTION IV: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
FUTURE OF HBCU ATHLETICS Chapter 10. Financing HBCU Athletics: Men's
Basketball - Problems and Opportunities John C. Lillig Chapter 11. Black
College Athletes: The Sporting Life at HBCUs - Essential Factors for
Restoring the Academic and Athletic Excellence at HBCUs Wardell Johnson,
Charles Crowley, and Akilah R. Carter-Francique Conclusion, Billy Hawkins
Epilogue, Crystal deGregory Bibliography Index About the Editors About the
Contributors