{"product_id":"across-the-line-tales-of-the-first-black-basketball-players-in-the-acc-and-sec-9781493069217","title":"Across the Line: Tales of the First Black Basketball Players in the ACC and SEC","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s, college sports required more than athletic prowess from its African American players. For many pioneering basketball players on 18 teams in the Atlantic and Southeastern conference, playing ball meant braving sometimes menacing crowds during the tumultuous era of civil rights. Perry Wallace feared he would be shot when he first stepped onto a court in his Vanderbilt uniform. During one road game, Georgia's Ronnie Hogue fended off a hostile crowd with a chair. Craig Mobley had to flee the Clemson campus, along with other black students. C.B. Claiborne couldn't attend the Duke team banquet when it was held at an all-white country club. Wendell Hudson's mother cried with heartache when her son decided to play at the University of Alabama, and Al Heartley locked himself in a campus dorm at North Carolina State for safety the night Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. Grounded in the civil rights struggles on campuses throughout the south, the voices of players, coaches, opponents and fans reveal the long-neglected story of race, sports and social history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Jacobs has covered college basketball as well as news and other sports since 1976 for numerous publications, among them the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Washington Post, GQ, People, Oceans, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Saturday Evening Post \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Sporting News\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eCoach K's Little Blue Book, The World According to Dean, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Three Paths to Glory\u003c\/i\u003e. For 14 years he wrote the\u003ci\u003e Fan's Guide to ACC Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e. He also served as an elected county commissioner for 20 years and supervises Moorefields, an historic site near Hillsborough, NC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493069217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Barry Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52472801919157,"sku":"9781493069217","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b8c639cc-97c7-4ba8-b2ff-7cb6274851d2.jpg?v=1777444400","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/across-the-line-tales-of-the-first-black-basketball-players-in-the-acc-and-sec-9781493069217","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}