The Athletic Experience at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Past, Present, and Persistence

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. This book will be of interest to sport studies scholars, students, sport management practitioners, and sport enthusiasts of the inter-workings of athletics and the HBCU experience, providing them with an understanding of how HBCU athletics is situated in the local, regional, and national sport landscape.The Athletic Experience at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Past, Present, and Persistence by Billy Hawkins and Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN: 9781442253698, 144225369X. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9781442253681, 1442253681.