Breaking through: John B. McLendon, basketball legend and civil rights pioneer

Foreword / Billy Packer

Foreword / Ian Naismith

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

ch. 1. A Kansas childhood and the life of the game, 1915-33

ch. 2. The University of Kansas and Dr. James Naismith, 1933-36

ch. 3. Establishing a tradition of excellence : North Carolina College, 1937-52

ch. 4. A pioneer for integration : the National Basketball Association and the National Athletic Steering Committee, 1950-53

ch. 5. Groundbreaking championship years at Tennessee A&I State University, 1954-59

ch. 6. Blazing new trails : the Cleveland Pipers, 1959-62

ch. 7. Back to the college game : Kentucky State College and Cleveland State University, 1963-69

ch. 8. The first black coach in the American Basketball Association: the Denver Rockets, 1969

ch. 9. National and international ambassador of basketball for Converse, Inc., 1969-89

ch. 10. Return to Cleveland State University : Professor, Advisor, Historian, and "just a man," 1989-99

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index.