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The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central - High School Basketball at the '68 Racial Divide (Paperback, New)
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The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central - High School Basketball at the '68 Racial Divide (Paperback, New)
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Loot Price R544
Discovery Miles 5 440
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In the spring of 1968, the Omaha Central High School basketball
team made history with its first all-black starting lineup. Their
nickname, the Rhythm Boys, captured who they were and what they did
on the court. Led by star center Dwaine Dillard, the Rhythm Boys
were a shoo-in to win the state championship. But something
happened on their way to glory. In early March, segregationist
George Wallace, in a third-party presidential bid, made a campaign
stop in Omaha. By the time he left town, Dillard was in jail, his
coach was caught between angry political factions, and the city
teetered on the edge of racial violence. So began the Nebraska
state high school basketball tournament the next day, caught in the
vise of history. "The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central" tells a true
story about high school basketball, black awakening and rebellion,
and innocence lost in a watershed year. The drama of civil rights
in 1968 plays out in this riveting social history of sports,
politics, race, and popular culture in the American heartland.
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