{"product_id":"playing-for-power-black-resistance-in-amateur-basketball-and-football-in-jim-crow-virginia-paperback-softback-9780817362102","title":"Playing for Power; Black Resistance in Amateur Basketball and Football in Jim Crow Virginia (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817362102","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlaying for Power\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBlack Resistance in Amateur Basketball and Football in Jim Crow Virginia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarvin T. Chiles (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817362102\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e236 pages, 21 b\u0026amp;w figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003ePlaying for Power\u003c\/i\u003e] is a beneficial contribution to the historiographies of both HBCUs and amateur athletics more broadly. . . . Its argument is clear, as is its grasp on the historiography. The book is readable and interesting.\" —Thomas Aiello, author of \u003ci\u003eHoops: A Cultural History of Basketball in America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kings of Casino Park: Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Chiles examines the history of football and basketball in Virginia from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s—specifically, the role African Americans played in cultivating and developing athletes, teams, and leaders at HBCUs that facilitated opportunity, confidence, and pride in numerous communities throughout this state during segregation.\" —Charles K. Ross, author of \u003ci\u003eOutside the Lines: African Americans and the Integration of the National Football League\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReveals the role of amateur Black football and basketball in Virginia before integration as a form of resistance to white supremacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePlaying for Power\u003c\/i\u003e, Marvin T. Chiles offers a fascinating account of amateur sports in Jim Crow Virginia, revealing how, in addition to churches, workspaces, and civil rights organizations, sports were also a key arena for Black resistance to white supremacy. Drawing from a rich trove of primary sources, Chiles recounts the development of Black football and basketball culture at the high school and college levels in Virginia from the 1890s to the early 1970s. Looking beyond their role as leisure pastimes, Chiles demonstrates how amateur sports strengthened education, neutralized class divisions, shaped Black masculinity, mentored Black male leadership, cultivated race pride, and reflected Black desires for urban modernity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Illuminating the ways Black athletes created a world that pushed for racial progress through objective, meritocratic achievement anchored by masculine leadership and institutional success, \u003ci\u003ePlaying for Power\u003c\/i\u003e traces how amateur sports coalesced into a key cultural institution that fostered Black Virginians’ collective sense of community, achievement, and purpose during segregation, cornerstones of later advances in the Civil Rights Movement. \u003ci\u003ePlaying for Power\u003c\/i\u003e also contributes to a larger understanding of sports history and how amateur sports became favorite American spectacles and markers of Southern identity. Chiles’s groundbreaking work will interest historians, scholars, and individuals interested in the intersection of sports and civil rights and the history of Black sports during the Jim Crow era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e List of Figures \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1. The Institutions, 1865–1927 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2. The Leadership, 1910–1929 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3. The Game, 1930–1944 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4. The Controversies, 1932–1951 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5. The Integration, 1951–1970 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Coda: The Bygone Days are Gone, 1970–Present \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574447993112,"sku":"9780817362102","price":23.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/playing-for-power-black-resistance-in-amateur-basketball-and-football-in-jim-crow-virginia-paperback-softback-9780817362102","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}